Rep. Ayanna Pressley has a terrible idea to expand who can vote in the United States, and the House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejected it on Wednesday.
The Massachusetts Democrat’s big idea: lower the voting age from 18 years old to 16. It failed 125-302, with every Republican opposing it and 93 Democrats joining them.
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