Republicans block Democrats' latest voting rights bill
, keeps some provisions of the earlier bill, including national standards for early voting and vote-by-mail, new disclosure requirements for “dark money” groups and the establishment of Election Day as a federal holiday. But it also discards or scales back controversial provisions such as a reworking of the Federal Election Commission, a major new public financing system for congressional elections and a mandate for nonpartisan redistricting commissions.
Sen. Raphael G. Warnock , who faces reelection next year in a state where GOP legislators have tightened voting laws, put it more diplomatically Tuesday.“He understands the importance of this, and tomorrow is the next step in a process,” he said Tuesday. “It’s urgent. The clock is ticking. We need to get this done.”But it remains unclear how — or if — Manchin will respond.
Sen. Tim Kaine acknowledged that the throes of the Build Back Better negotiations are unlikely to be a productive moment for an internal reckoning over the filibuster. But, he said, Democrats are “not going to let it drop.”“It doesn’t have to happen like right now, like tomorrow afternoon,” he said Tuesday.
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