When Kamala Harris leaves for her first overseas trip on Sunday, the US vice-president will be doing so with an expanded domestic portfolio. “To signify the importance of our efforts today I’m asking Vice-President Harris to help these efforts and lead them among her many other responsibilities,” Biden said. “What it appears now is that’s not the way that President Biden is now having Vice-President Harris work on issues. Harris’s new role as the shepherd of two priority voting rights bills – the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the For The People Act – is another challenge entirely. And veteran Democratic party leaders say this new assignment for Harris will draw attention to voting rights.

Source: The Guardian June 06, 2021 09:56 UTC