(Trends Wide) — Senate Democrats suffered a major defeat Wednesday night in their efforts to pass voting rights legislation, a key issue for the party, which is under pressure to take action ahead of midterm elections. place in a few months.
Democrats’ attempt to change the filibustering rules to pass a voting bill failed amid opposition from moderate Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten.
The vote was 52-48, as the two moderates joined all Republican senators. After the failure of the vote, there was loud applause from the Republicans.
Sinema released a statement Wednesday night explaining why she opposed the change. The Arizona Democrat said she stood by her longstanding opposition to “actions that would deepen our divisions and risk repeated sweeping reversals in federal politics, cementing uncertainty and further eroding confidence in our government.”
The proposed rule change would have forced lawmakers who want to filibuster the bill to go to the full Senate and speak against it. Once those speeches were over, the Senate could hold a simple majority vote for final approval. The measure would effectively eliminate the 60-vote threshold established by filibustering.
(Trends Wide) — Senate Democrats suffered a major defeat Wednesday night in their efforts to pass voting rights legislation, a key issue for the party, which is under pressure to take action ahead of midterm elections. place in a few months.
Democrats’ attempt to change the filibustering rules to pass a voting bill failed amid opposition from moderate Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten.
The vote was 52-48, as the two moderates joined all Republican senators. After the failure of the vote, there was loud applause from the Republicans.
Sinema released a statement Wednesday night explaining why she opposed the change. The Arizona Democrat said she stood by her longstanding opposition to “actions that would deepen our divisions and risk repeated sweeping reversals in federal politics, cementing uncertainty and further eroding confidence in our government.”
The proposed rule change would have forced lawmakers who want to filibuster the bill to go to the full Senate and speak against it. Once those speeches were over, the Senate could hold a simple majority vote for final approval. The measure would effectively eliminate the 60-vote threshold established by filibustering.