.MaddowBlog: There’s a growing chorus pushing Congress to address voting rights. President Biden is poised to add his voice in dramatic fashion.
. All 50 members of the Senate Democratic conference were united on this -- no small feat, to be sure -- but GOP senators wouldn't allow a debate, a vote, or a voting rights breakthrough.in writing this morning that as far as he's concerned, the fight is just getting started:
"Our fight to protect voting rights has also only just begun.... I want to be very clear: last month's vote represented the starting gun -- not the finish line -- in our fight to protect our democracy. Later this month, [Senate Rules Committee Chairman Amy] Klobuchar will hold a field hearing in Georgia to further examine the disgraceful tactics that Republican-led state legislatures are using across the country to keep people from voting.
The next couple of months will be critical, and though none of this will be easy, the door isn't completely closed. As the Associated Press recently,"Discussions are ongoing among congressional Democrats on how to proceed, with leaders noting privately that both [Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin] oppose eliminating the [Senate's filibuster] rule — but that doesn't mean they would oppose changing it. And President Joe Biden has signaled a willingness to consider a change.
The AP article added that Democratic leaders probably won't even try to eliminate the filibuster altogether, but they believe there's"an opportunity to improve the process" through some procedural changes. I don't doubt some senators will be skeptical, but the fact remains that the future of American voting rights will hinge on a decision from 50 individual senators and a president who's poised to push those senators to do the right thing.
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