Republicans are resisting a sweeping bill that Democrats have cast as a necessary remedy for what they describe as voter suppression.

But the legislation, the For the People Act, most commonly known by the title it carried in the House, H.R. 1, although it has become S. 1 in the Senate, contains a litany of controversial provisions that go well beyond easing voters’ paths to the polls on Election Day.

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