U.S. Senate Democrats fail in bid to pass voting rights bill - Reuters
Manchin voted against Schumer’s proposed one-time change to the filibuster rule.
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The Senate blocked a voting-rights bill, then rejected Chuck Schumer’s proposal to change the filibuster rule so it could advance. The article reports that the defeats stalled Democrats’ effort to set federal voting standards and shifted attention to a more limited bipartisan effort.
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