Senate GOP Blocks Voting Rights Bill Again

“The year-long Democratic push for federal voting rights legislation neared a futile end Wednesday night, after Senate Republicans blocked an elections bill for the fifth time in six months and Democrats appeared unable to unite their caucus behind a plan to rewrite the Senate’s rules and pass it anyway,” the Washington Post reports.

“The final clash, which has been brewing since Democrats won congressional majorities a year ago as Republican legislatures in 19 states embarked on a campaign to roll back election access, began with an evening vote to close debate on a sprawling voting rights bill.”

“That vote, at the Senate’s traditional 60-vote margin for legislation, failed on a 51-49 vote.”