{"id":1220406,"date":"2022-01-17T16:09:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T21:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1220406"},"modified":"2022-01-17T16:09:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T21:09:19","slug":"senate-democrats-to-push-voting-rights-bills-by-trying-to-break-filibuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-to-push-voting-rights-bills-by-trying-to-break-filibuster\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Democrats to Push Voting Rights Bills by Trying to Break Filibuster"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-democrats-to-push-voting-rights-bills-by-trying-to-break-filibuster%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1220406&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Schumer_Sinema_Manchin-2-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Democrats in the Senate will try to pass on Tuesday voting rights legislation by breaking the Senate\u2019s centuries-old filibuster rule.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/01\/14\/schumer-delays-senate-voting-rights-votes-as-filibuster-fight-looms.html\">announced<\/a> that the chamber will vote on two voting rights bills, the Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMake no mistake, the United States Senate will \u2014 for the first time this Congress \u2014 debate voting rights legislation beginning on Tuesday. Members of this chamber were elected to debate and to vote, particularly on an issue as vital to the beating heart of our democracy as this one. And we will proceed,\u201d Schumer said Thursday night. The D.C.-area snowstorm last week delayed the vote until this week.<\/p>\n<p>The two bills will fail as they require 60 votes to pass through the Senate. From there, Schumer will attempt to pass the bills by bypassing the filibuster rule.<\/p>\n<p>However, bypassing the filibuster rule would require buy-in from all 50 Senate Democrats, and Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) have consistently rebuked efforts to nuke the filibuster.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEliminating the 60-vote threshold on a party line with the thinnest of possible majorities to pass these bills that I support will not guarantee that we prevent demagogues from winning office,\u201d Sinema said on the Senate floor Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the two centrist senators hold firm on rules changes, it appears all but impossible for Democrats to pass a series of reforms they see as critical to protecting ballot access,\u201d CNBC noted last week.<\/p>\n<p>The two voting bills would expand early and mail-in voting, establish automatic voter registration, make Election Day a national holiday, and revive parts of the Voting Rights Act.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden tried to persuade Manchin and Sinema Thursday night after Sinema\u2019s speech; however, his lobbying was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope we can get this done,\u201d Biden said about Democrat chances of passing the voting bills. \u201cThe honest to God answer is, I don\u2019t know whether we can get this done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives have criticized the voting rights bills, noting that the proposed legislation would block any state election reforms to increase voting integrity, such as Georgia\u2019s election integrity bill.<\/p>\n<p>Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts and Heritage Action Executive Director Jessica Anderson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/05\/exclusive-heritage-foundation-chuck-schumer-using-january-6-to-seize-permanent-power-by-breaking-filibuster\/\">said<\/a> in January that Schumer\u2019s use of the January 6 protests as a reason to break the filibuster in order to pass these voting bills would establish \u201cpermanent power\u201d for Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a path forward for my Democratic colleagues to respond to the country they have so badly disappointed. It isn\u2019t to try to break the Senate and rewrite election laws. It\u2019s to actually start tackling the issues that American families need tackled,\u201d Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><i>Sean Moran is a congressional reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanMoran3\"><i>@SeanMoran3<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats in the Senate will try to pass on Tuesday voting rights legislation by breaking the Senate\u2019s centuries-old filibuster rule. 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