Joe Manchin’s defection, plus unanimous Republican opposition to legislation protecting the right to vote, is on the brink of killing a pro-democracy bill
Yet for the moment, the Democratic Party’s answer to this call-to-arms, a massive bill called the For the People Act, looks doomed. With a few weeks to go until the Senate votes on the bill, also known as S. 1, Democrats don’t have the votes needed to beat a filibuster. They might not even win the support of all 50 Democrats when the vote takes place.
Even before Trump left office, Democrats knew that repairing the damage done to American democracy would rank high on their priority lists. It’s no coincidence that Democratic leaders in the House and Senate designated their respective versions of the For the People Act as H.R. 1 and S. 1.
With a few weeks to go, the push to get at least all 50 Senate Democrats on board with the bill has divided into public and private pressure campaigns largely aimed at one person:On Monday, the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, a cofounder of the Poor People’s Campaign, will lead a Moral Monday march in Charleston, the capital of West Virginia.
Schumer told reporters on Tuesday that he wouldn’t discuss his private conversations with Manchin. “Is it possible we might change a few things here and there?” Schumer said. “We’re going to do it. We’ve had discussions with Sen. Manchin and they’re continuing.” In the face of this uncertainty, Schumer stressed that the Senate would still “vote on voting-rights legislation, bold legislation, S. 1, in the last week in June.
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