Progressives fear nightmare scenario over voting rights assault | TheHill

Top liberal groups, strategists and organizers are shifting away from their core policy areas to focus on the need for the Senate to approve sweeping voter rights legislation, underscoring the deep fears in progressive America that state Republicans will lock in restrictions without federal action.The fright has led progressives to redirect much of their manpower on democracy reform efforts nearly full-time.Many are fervent that they need the For the People Act to pass in order to have a shot at almost anything else.“We took a look at the landscape and thought nothing we do in 2022 will matter if people can't vote and if they aren't motivated to vote,” said Adam Green, the co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a group closely aligned with Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenBiden risks break with progressives on infrastructure The Memo: The center strikes back Centrists gain foothold in infrastructure talks; cyber attacks at center of Biden-Putin meeting MORE’s (D-Mass.) vision for the party.Since March, the PCCC and P Street, an affiliated liberal organization, have primarily lobbied around passing the For the People Act and President BidenJoe BidenMilitary must better understand sexual assaults to combat them The Hill's Equilibrium — Presented by NextEra Energy — Tasmanian devil wipes out penguin population On The Money: Democrats make full-court press on expanded child tax credit | White House confident Congress will raise debt ceiling MORE's "Build Back Better" plan instead of its core policies of universal health care, student debt forgiveness and Wall Street reform.“We've been intensely focused on passing democracy protection legislation and getting trillions of dollars of economic investment across the finish line,” said Green.“Those two things will impact the entire landscape we all are playing on,” he added.The PCCC is far from alone.National networks from the AFL-CIO and Communications Workers of America to Greenpeace now include a voting rights element to their work.