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Thursday, January 20th, 2022

Democrats Fail to Change Filibuster Rules as Republicans Block Action on Voting Rights

Author:     Carl Hulse
Source:     The New York Times
Publication Date:     Jan. 19, 2022
 Link: Democrats Fail to Change Filibuster Rules as Republicans Block Action on Voting Rights
Stephan:   Thanks to Manchin and Sinema and, of course, every single Republican, American democracy was kicked in the groin and there will be no voting rights bill. How any Black or Brown voter in the United States can vote Republican, that is vote for a party doing everything in its power to keep them from voting, is beyond me. And yet they will.
Senator Mitch McConnell and fellow Republicans aggressively fought both the voting measure and the attempt to weaken the filibuster. Credit: Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats made an impassioned case on Wednesday for legislation to counter an onslaught of new voting restrictions around the country, but they failed to overcome a Republican blockade or unite their own members behind a change in filibuster rules to pass it.

Though the twin defeats were never in doubt, Democrats pushed forward in an effort to highlight what they called a crisis in voting rights and to underscore the refusal of Republicans to confront it. They did succeed in forcing the Senate for the first time to debate the bill, leading to hours of raw and emotional arguments on the floor over civil rights, racism and how elections are conducted.

“The people of this country will not tolerate silencing,” said Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat of Minnesota and a chief author of the voting bill. “I think by voting this down, by not allowing us even to debate this, to get […]

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