Punchbowl News: “This week will be dominated by the Senate’s battle over voting rights and the filibuster. Despite a big push by President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and progressive groups, Democrats are not going to be able to overcome a GOP filibuster to pass a voting rights bill. And Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) are firmly against getting rid of the filibuster, in case you somehow missed that last week.”
“The question then becomes whether the bipartisan group looking at changing the Electoral Count Act of 1887 led by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) picks up steam, and whether Democrats will settle for this. That group is currently looking at changes to the ECA, but also has its sights on bolstering protections for election workers and renewing election grants. Realistically, with the large-scale voting rights package that Democrats crafted unlikely to go anywhere, if Biden wants a victory, it may be with this bipartisan effort.”
The Bulwark: The Electoral Count Act is a zero-day exploit waiting to happen.
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