Big voting bill faces defeat as 2 Dems won’t stop filibuster

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights leaders say is vital for protecting democracy appeared headed for defeat as the Senate churned into debate Tuesday, a devastating setback enabled by President Joe Biden’s own party as two holdout senators refuse to support rule changes to overcome a Republican filibuster.

The Democratic senators, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, faced strong criticism from Black leaders and civil rights organizations for failing to take on what critics call the “ Jim Crow filibuster.”

https://apnews.com/article/election...her-king-iii-d7370d915d0fbcc180dcd1fecbad46b9
 
The two bills faced defeat regardless of the filibuster. So long as Manchin and Sinema voted against the bills the filibuster was irrelevant.
 
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