Idea of the Week: A Senate Quid Pro Quo

Much debate has been focused this week on the state of immigration in the United States. Both the Senate and the House of Representatives spent much of the week hammering out the finer points of this pressing issue, going as far to introduce English as a national language to the mix.

I have an idea for Democrats. Vote for the English as a national language amendment in exchange for Republican support for Same Day Voting Registration across the entire United States. Democrats have some muscle to earn support for sweeping changes to our electoral process in this debate. The English as a national language would alter the Voting Rights Act and by doing so, Democrats should insist upon making the electoral process more Democratic for all.