{"id":571644,"date":"2021-06-23T12:22:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T16:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=571644"},"modified":"2021-06-23T12:22:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T16:22:15","slug":"senate-gop-blocks-for-the-people-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gop-blocks-for-the-people-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate GOP blocks For The People Act"},"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\">14<\/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-gop-blocks-for-the-people-act%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=571644&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 id=\"attachment_2433628\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2433628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) joined from left by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) talks with reporters before a key test vote on the For the People Act at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 9:00 AM PT \u2013 Tuesday, June 23, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) held nothing back in his description of the For The People Act. In an interview on Tuesday, Lee said the Senate\u2019s move to strike down the bill was a \u201cvictory for the angels.\u201d He also declared the bill the \u201cCorrupt Politicians Act\u201d and argued it was not written in response to the 2020 election, but was constructed years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The motion to debate failed after the evenly split chamber voted along party lines. Democrat Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) criticized his Republican colleagues for standing against the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMadame President, I want to be clear about what just happened on the Senate floor. Every single Senate Republican voted against starting debate,\u201d he expressed. \u201cStarting debate on legislation to protect American\u2019s voting rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Every single Democratic Senator stood together in the fight to protect the right to vote in America.<\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake:<\/p>\n<p>Democrats will not let this go.<\/p>\n<p>This will not be the last time that voting rights legislation comes up for a debate in this Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1407468228947976196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republicans in the upper chamber set up an effective roadblock against Democrats\u2019 sweeping voting rights bill. On Tuesday, all GOP senators stuck to their side of the aisle when called on to vote to begin the debate for the For The People Act, also known as S.1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 50,\u201d Kamala Harris announced. \u201cThree fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative. The motion is not agreed to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schumer got a short boost in confidence shortly before the vote after convincing key swing vote Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to stick with Democrats. In return for his \u201cyes\u201d vote, Schumer offered to bring up Manchin\u2019s more bipartisan voting rights bill. However, GOP senators stood firm in their stance that S.1 was unnecessary.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This bill won\u2019t make it easier to vote \u2013 it will make it easier to vote illegally. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pty4s6ePdb\">pic.twitter.com\/Pty4s6ePdb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMikeLee\/status\/1405633487638609928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing broken around the country. The system upheld very well during tense stress in the latter part of the previous Congress,\u201d stated Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). \u201cThere\u2019s no rational basis for federalizing this election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans hammered home the point that the bill was far reaching and would take the constitutional power to administer elections away from the states. They argued S.1 would establish a federal election system designed to benefit the Democratic National Committee by stacking the Federal Election Commission with a Democrat majority, expanding mail-in voting and allowing minors to vote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is no coherent rationale for a federal takeover of elections in all 50 states. <\/p>\n<p>Today, the Senate will put an end to Democrats\u2019 attempted power grab, S. 1. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e4UCPnNgrB\">pic.twitter.com\/e4UCPnNgrB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leader McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderMcConnell\/status\/1407445508109606914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition, Republicans believe S.1 would have uprooted recent legislature from several states to bolster election integrity by demanding voter ID\u2019s and limiting mail-in voting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a huge win for the citizens of the United States. This is a huge win for Democracy and it\u2019s a huge win for the integrity of our elections,\u201d declared Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). \u201cThe Corrupt Politicians Act is the most dangerous legislation we\u2019ve considered in the Senate in the nine years I\u2019ve served in this body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, top Democrats, including Schumer and Kamala Harris vow to continue pushing sweeping voting rights legislation. Although analysts warn there is no clear path for Democrats.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/gov-desantis-you-cant-have-an-agency-rely-on-flimsy-legal-authority-to-keep-an-entire-industry-closed\/\">Gov. DeSantis: You Can\u2019t Have An Agency Rely On Flimsy Legal Authority To Keep An Entire Industry Closed<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) joined from left by Sen. 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