The U.S. Senate headed for a high-stakes showdown over the 100-seat chamber's filibuster rule on Wednesday, as Republicans prepared to use the 60-vote threshold to block an election reform bill Democrats insist is necessary to preserve the right to vote.
WASHINGTON, Jan 19 - The U.S. Senate headed for a high-stakes showdown over the 100-seat chamber's filibuster rule on Wednesday, as Republicans prepared to use the 60-vote threshold to block anLawmakers are scheduled to hold a procedural vote at about 6:30 p.m. EST , which will require supermajority support to advance the voting rights legislation toward final passage.
"There are some in our caucus who believe helps bring us together. I don't see that evidence," Schumer added. Democrats paint the bill as crucial to protecting the American political system as Republican-led states pass a wave of new voting restrictions, driven by former President Donald Trump's false claims of widespread election fraud. Republicans dismiss the bill as a partisan power grab.The U.S. Capitol is seen at sunset on the eve of the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the building, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 5, 2022.
"For both groups of senators, this group will echo for generations. Before we part ways tonight, all 100 of us will have marked our legacies in permanent ink," he said. The battle over voting procedures and campaign finance reform comes against the backdrop of several Republican-controlled state legislatures stripping away some of the get-out-the-vote practices allowed in 2020 while piling on new restrictions.
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