The Senate convened with all Democrats instructed to be in their seats inside the chamber as they try to move forward on voting rights legislation and a challenge the filibuster rule.
In a rare event, the Senate convened on Wednesday morning with all Democrats instructed to be in their seats inside the chamber as they try to move forward on voting rights legislation and on a challenge a long-standing Senate rule, efforts poised to fail without the support of a single Republican and likely even some Democrats.
"Just as Donald Trump has his big lie, Mitch McConnell now has his: states are not engaging in trying to suppress voters whatsoever," Schumer added. But both Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have repeatedly made clear their opposition to changing the filibuster rule to pass voting rights, although they say they support the underlying legislation.Police arrest activists outside the US Senate during a rally for voters' rights on Capitol Hill, Jan. 18, 2022, in Washington, DC.
McConnell countered that a rule change would “destroy the Senate” and wouldn’t benefit either party in the long term.
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