The House on Thursday passed a measure that will allow the Senate to begin debate on Democrats' voting rights legislation, as President Biden headed to Capitol Hill to push his party to do all it can to adopt the measure.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. Jan. 12 in Washington.
on Wednesday. Once executed, it will put the Senate on track to debate voting rights for the first time this Congress. Still, passage of any measure remains an uphill battle without the support of 10 Republicans, or a change of heart from moderate Sens. Joe Manchin III and Kyrsten Sinema to reform the filibuster.
“The reality is our democracy doesn’t survive without this,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal , chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, told reporters. “There’s a path forward for my Democratic colleagues to respond to the country they have so badly disappointed, but it isn’t to try to break the Senate and rewrite election laws,” McConnell added. “It’s to actually start tackling the issues that American families need tackled.”
Republicans have also warned that Democrats will come to regret any rules change because power in the Senate will inevitably shift. In an interview, Sen. Chris Murphy argued that it’s worth the risk.
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