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The Guardian’s Sam Levine reports:
Georgia lawmakers on Thursday advanced the latest version of a bill that would impose significant new hurdles on voters who want to cast a ballot in the state.
The measure is now sent to the Georgia Senate, which has adopted its own version of the measure. I’ve heard from multiple sources there’s an outside chance the two chambers hash out their disagreements *today* for final passage though Monday might be more attainable … #gapol
As we wait for Joe Biden to hold his first press conference as president, a swift look at an Axios scoop of the highly pleasing kind – highly pleasing if like me you love American history enough to repeatedly fall asleep this week with David S Reynolds’ monumental Abe, about Abraham Lincoln, in your hands.
Hosting historians around a long table in the East Room earlier this month, President Biden took notes in a black book as they discussed some of his most admired predecessors. Then he said to Doris Kearns Goodwin: “I’m no FDR, but …”
Why it matters: He’d like to be. The 2 March session, which the White House kept under wraps, reflects Biden’s determination to be one of the most consequential presidents.
Related: The Soul of America: how can the past teach us about a fractured present?
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