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UPDATE: U.S. Senate defeats motion to change filibuster rules and advance voting rights legislation in 48-52 vote; Sens. Manchin and Sinema crossed party lines to vote with Republicans. https://t.co/ksOtzbU9nY
Democrats fail to change Senate filibuster rules in an attempt to use a majority vote to pass voting rights legislation https://t.co/DzN1Nhtasm
The Senate filibuster vote dooms much of Democrats’ agenda https://t.co/z3PFjaH590
Sen. Booker on federal voting rights protections: "Are we comfortable living in a nation where the average Black voter, right now in America, has to wait twice as long to vote as the average white voter?" https://t.co/rI6M0Hike9
.@HayesBrown: Democratic leadership assures America that this will be a noble failure and that attempts to protect democracy are worth abject humiliation. But at some point in the process, constituents prefer to see results. https://t.co/nFpTS5LwaQ
.@thereidout Blog: The latest report from https://t.co/1JFXL66r73, a nonpartisan government watchdog, finds corporations have given thousands of dollars to senators who are blocking voting rights legislation. https://t.co/ijkn2bqhWV
Eric Holder on the Senate vote to protect voting rights: “This is the loss of a battle, but it is not necessarily the loss of a war.” https://t.co/WfyICbrZ7H
Blocking gerrymandering and making Election Day a holiday shouldn't be a partisan fight. https://t.co/WNY7lqX5Y5
Senate Republicans once again blocked a voting rights bill put forward by Democrats in the latest partisan showdown over an issue Democrats are urgently seeking to spotlight despite lacking the votes to pass the legislation. https://t.co/jGg9i33bTn
Breaking News: Senate Republicans blocked action on Democrats’ voting rights bill, setting the stage for a filibuster showdown. https://t.co/KNsdkrVhdA
UPDATE: Senate Democrats fail to change rules on filibuster to pass voting rights https://t.co/iM8pnIjqZq
Democrats fail to advance voting rights law as Senate holdouts defend filibuster https://t.co/aUvRQAemRf
JUST IN: Biden-led effort to strengthen voting rights collapses in Senate https://t.co/BUXV5l6dgS
BREAKING: Senate Democrats failed to alter the filibuster rules to overcome GOP opposition to the voting rights bill, with Sens. Manchin and Sinema siding with Republicans against the changes. https://t.co/9YxgNXdwDB
Senate Democrats fail to advance voting rights legislation and changes to filibuster https://t.co/8MQUG5YWc5
UPDATE: U.S. Senate defeats motion to change filibuster rules and advance voting rights legislation in 48-52 vote; Sens. Manchin and Sinema crossed party lines to vote with Republicans. https://t.co/3TszBT4buG
Senate Democrats failed in a Wednesday night bid to weaken the filibuster to pass elections and voting reform thanks to opposition from centrists Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema. https://t.co/JateUGi86K
BREAKING: Senate fails to change filibuster rule for passage of voting rights legislation. https://t.co/7NidnvF2oE
Manchin, Sinema join with GOP in rejecting attempt to change filibuster rules, effectively killing Democratic voting bill https://t.co/hKJkyfHLZH
Susan Del Percio: It is time to do triage on the Biden administration, and Democrats must apply a political tourniquet to a legislative agenda that is bleeding out. - @NBCNewsTHINK https://t.co/PdiXkPT7cN
BREAKING: U.S. Senate Democrats' bid to overturn filibuster rule and advance a voting rights bill fails after Manchin, Sinema join Republicans to oppose the move https://t.co/Ip6rFkEmKK
#BREAKING: Manchin, Sinema join GOP to sink filibuster change for voting bill https://t.co/jposLqC8ya https://t.co/rHyu3itHJg
BREAKING: A push to advance President Biden's voting bill collapses as Democrats Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema side with Republicans against changing Senate rules. https://t.co/pe2kGtNKYV
JUST IN: Democrats fail to change Senate rules to pass voting rights bill https://t.co/0pJG7l0SW3
Reporter: "Are you satisfied with [Kamala Harris'] work on [voting rights] and do you commit she will be your running mate in 2024 provided that you run again?" President Biden: "Yes and yes." Reporter: "Care to expand?" President Biden: "There's no need to." https://t.co/yvI97XEoDj
Sen. Murphy on GOP opposition to voting bills: "Maybe it shouldn't be that shocking, because [...] the unelected rich and powerful being in charge of everything and setting the rules for everyone else – it might square perfectly with Republicans' agenda." https://t.co/zZ7SS18nuD https://t.co/MeSLHOBGk0
With a 49-51 vote, Senate Democrats failed to break the GOP filibuster of voting legislation in order to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. https://t.co/zZ7SS0QMD5 https://t.co/RRDewyvHal
The bill combined two separate pieces of legislation already passed by the House — the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act — allowing the Senate to bring the bill to the floor and avoid an initial filibuster. https://t.co/Lt0sAljAYC
BREAKING: President Biden's voting and elections bill has been blocked by a Republican filibuster in a sharp setback for him and his fellow Democrats. https://t.co/moeiu3zwnr
BREAKING: Senate Republicans block voting rights bill https://t.co/GZlkCBJjaD
JUST IN: Senate Democrats’ voting bill defeated by filibuster in blow to Biden agenda https://t.co/2iNuy2Y4nz https://t.co/TQTGJDRdov
Biden warns midterm elections could 'easily be illegitimate' if partisan voting bills fail https://t.co/uYOlkFGsBa
"There’s a straightforward reason for the exodus. The voting public is apparently 'woke' to the fact that the Democrats have strayed from their mission to represent the people." https://t.co/qUzBJyoigB #Democrats #2022midterms
“We are going to vote, especially when the issue relates to the beating heart of our democracy as voting rights does,” said Mr. Schumer. https://t.co/XdQPSB8ulw
.@SenMarkKelly said his year in the Senate has shown "how dysfunctional this place can be, and how that prevents progress on issues that matter to Arizonans." He said he will back filibuster changes. https://t.co/PRvYfAXm2W
Voting legislation is likely doomed due to unified Republican opposition to the reforms and an unwillingness from two centrist Democrats to bend Senate rules to get the bill through. But, here are some of the changes the bill would require: https://t.co/D7IWSDheS2
From @WSJopinion: President Biden’s Georgia speech last week on voting and elections was riddled with too many falsehoods to count. But one of his claims deserves closer scrutiny. https://t.co/i4ikd08VBq
No one at CBS made an effort to challenge Warren's uniquely disingenuous claims, writes @BecketAdams. "They didn’t even ask her for evidence that Republican-led state legislatures are blocking black people and college students from voting." https://t.co/C2ykBSEXol
New Mexico Democrats want to expand mail-in voting, allow 16-year-olds and felons to vote https://t.co/kzBS3sZ8z4
"Today, the House showed where it stands," @RepRubenGallego said. "We won't shrink from protecting our democracy and the voting rights of all Americans. It's past time for the U.S. Senate and Sen. Sinema to do the same." https://t.co/BwLHMeD0jV
Senate Democrats on Wednesday failed to pass both their voting legislation and an attempt to alter the Senate filibuster as a last ditch effort to pass the voting bill. https://t.co/E9ERSPtQbf
Democrats' 'voting rights' legislation has been blocked by a Republican filibuster. https://t.co/t6ZShjTfAY
He's right about that. https://t.co/KARKOFT8nG
BREAKING: Republicans block Dems' election bills, setting up filibuster 'nuclear option' showdown https://t.co/EPwoyYfcMF
Biden hesitates to say 2022 election results will be legitimate if 'voting rights' bills not passed https://t.co/YBoZ8F6usV
President Biden refuses to answer whether he'll trust the results of the next election as legitimate if Democrats' 'voting rights' legislation is not passed, and claims it's "hard" for minorities to vote. https://t.co/tSiYlWyNA8
In a statement Wednesday, Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said he will conditionally support proposed changes to Senate filibuster rules. https://t.co/jm3ovuIhBq
Top House Democrat calls out GOP refusal to move voting legislation forward: 'It's a cult right now' https://t.co/tWxuBtEJlx
Alabama head football coach Nick Saban, NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Los Angeles Lakers legend Jerry West were among the people who signed a letter to Sen. Joe Manchin asking him to support Democrats’ efforts in passing voting rights legislation. https://t.co/ilLJ5OjqZ0
Biden’s Attack On Voting Rights Far Surpasses Trump’s Election Claims https://t.co/WVL4rDYFvA