Manchin's reluctance leaves Democrats' U.S. voting rights bill at risk

Senator Joe Manchin told reporters that it was his "preference" to line up Republican support for a rule change that would allow Democrats to pass a voting rights bill on a party-line vote. That could spell doom for the legislation, which Republicans oppose.

Without Manchin's support, Senate Democrats would not be able to muster the simple majority necessary to alter the filibuster, which requires a 60-vote majority to pass most bills. The 100-seat Senate is split 50-50, with Democrats in charge only because Vice President Kamala Harris casts a tie-breaking vote.

Democrats say federal election reform is necessary to counter a wave of voting restrictions adopted last year by Republican-led states. The laws were inspired by Republican former President Donald Trump's false claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election that he lost to Biden by a substantial margin.

"This is an excuse to try to break the Senate," McConnell told reporters. "This is genuine radicalism ... They want to make it easy to fundamentally change the country."

What theater….🙄🙄

Only alleged democracy in the world, where the majority gets out voted by the minority.

THE SO CALLED VOTING RIGHTS ACT IS A DEM POWER GRAB SenSchumer ID TO VOTE KNOWING WHOSE VOTING VOTING ON TIME ARE ALL NEEDED FOR A VALID ELECTION

DEMS CHEATING TO TRY & GET THEIR WAY

Mitch would have gotten rid of filibuster 1 year ago

If true, this is the fatal blow to a two party system and socialism will be the sole political party in AMerica. A sad day marked in infamy

Good. The filibuster is good for nothing.

They didn't learn much from Harry Reid's mistake and look where they are at...All for nothing in the end...

I would be very happy to tell the Senators and Representatives in the Congress what I think of their peculiar 'rules'. All 535 of them! Cost cutting for the national debt should start with that number! Some of them are simply taking up space. The federal 'warm body' at work!

I suspect that Schumer has a deal with Manchin: ~'You get 10 GOP to vote for a sensible deal, great. Otherwise, we do what we want.' This gives Manchin bargaining power: ~'Cut a deal or get no deal.' In the end, Manchin will get a compromise deal, & 'save the filibuster'.

I encourage the Americans to vote this country BLUE 2022-2024. Americans offered the House & Senate the opportunity to work together for the people. The GOP has not cooperated. The GOP also interfered with the election/VOTING infrastructure & THE BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN!

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Over 150 Pro-Democracy Groups Demand Schumer Urgently Change Senate Rules to Pass Voting Rights\u0022The House of Representatives has already done its job. It is time for the Senate to do right by the American people, and improve the rules of the Senate so they can protect and strengthen our democracy.\u0022 Have the Republicans used the Fillibuster? This stupid cause djour -- the Fillibuster is long running tradition in this country. Dems have used it successfully. The rules should be standardized vs. totally removed. We might need it. CD - you are too aligned with DNC. Stop fearing what the GOP will do, if they take power back. Instead, show the people why they voted for YOU.
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