Republicans Set To Block Debate On Voting Rights Bill, Setting Up Summer Filibuster Fight
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Democrats face a key question: Will they choose to protect the filibuster or voting rights?
All 50 Senate Republicans plan Tuesday to block debate on a sweeping reform bill covering voting rights, campaign finance, redistricting and government ethics that is the top priority of congressional Democrats. The For the People Act was introduced as the first bill by Democrats in both the House and the Senate after they won control of both chambers in the 2020 election. It passed the House on a party-line vote in March with one Democrat voting no. But passage in the Senate is precarious as Democrats hold just 50 seats and the chamber’s rules allow the minority Republicans to block any bill that can’t receive 60 votes. It will go for a vote later Tuesday. The GOP-led filibuster will tee up a question for the Senate Democratic caucus: Will it change the chamber’s filibuster rules to allow the bill to pass with a simple majority? Or will a small group of Senate Democrats choose to protect the filibuster over the right to vote in states run by Republicans?
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