ToplineRep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) was anong nine demonstrators arrested by Capitol Police on Thursday during a voting rights march through a Senate office building. UNITED STATES - JULY 15: Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, left, is ... [+] arrested by U.S. Capitol Police as 19 voting rights activists hold a protest in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building on Thursday, July 15, 2021. Beatty’s office confirmed she was among those arrested, and she said in a statement: “Be assured that this is just the beginning. Beatty also tweeted “#GoodTrouble,” a civil rights slogan coined by her late House colleague John Lewis. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a moderate whose support is critical for Democrats to make any alterations to Senate procedure, told Forbes on Thursday that he opposes a “carve-out” that would allow the majority to bypass the filibuster on voting rights bills.

Source: Forbes July 15, 2021 21:00 UTC