Senate GOP blocks voting rights bill

[mystery-ak]

Senate GOP blocks voting rights bill
By Jordain Carney - 06/22/21 06:23 PM EDT

Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a sweeping bill to overhaul federal elections, ratcheting up already inflamed tensions over voting rights.

Senators voted 50-50 in the evenly divided Senate on advancing the For the People Act, splitting along party lines and failing to get the 60 votes needed to overcome a GOP filibuster.

The vote is the culmination of weeks of partisan rancor and behind-the-scenes talks over changing the nation's voting laws in the wake of the 2020 presidential election.

That contest was historic both for taking place during the coronavirus pandemic, which led to historic levels of mail-in voting, and because of former President Trump's baseless allegations that massive voter fraud led to his defeat, an argument that culminated in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and continues to reverberate in certain conservative circles.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/559679-senate-gop-blocks-voting-rights-bill

[Wingnut]

Manchin did the prudent thing to cover his ass.   He knew the bill would never make muster so he voted the party line.

[mystery-ak]

Manchin did the prudent thing to cover his ass.   He knew the bill would never make muster so he voted the party line.

Yeah..proving once again to not believe a word he says....he will always vote the party line..

[HoustonSam]

Yeah..proving once again to not believe a word he says....he will always vote the party line..

He had everything to lose and nothing to gain by voting against the D party line on this one; we can't really expect him (or Sinema I think) to vote with us when the vote is functionally meaningless.  We aren't hurt by it.

Now if it comes back around to changing the filibuster, of course that's a different matter.  Perhaps @mountaineer and the rest of the Mountaineers can help Manchin get his head straight on that one.

[corbe]

      Another Jim Jerrods wannabe.

[mountaineer]

He had everything to lose and nothing to gain by voting against the D party line on this one; we can't really expect him (or Sinema I think) to vote with us when the vote is functionally meaningless.  We aren't hurt by it.

Now if it comes back around to changing the filibuster, of course that's a different matter.  Perhaps @mountaineer and the rest of the Mountaineers can help Manchin get his head straight on that one.

Trust me, if we could find someone strong to challenge him, we would.