President Biden is not yet considering executive action on voting rights, an issue that he declared as a candidate would be “one of the first things” on his agenda, White House Domestic Policy Council chief Susan Rice said Tuesday.

Rice, appearing in her first White House press briefing since assuming the new role, introduced four new executive orders focused on racial redress but said that the White House would defer to Congress, for the time being, at least, on new voting rights legislation.

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