Jan. 6 anniversary renews determination among President Biden and other Democrats to act on voting rights legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has promised a vote on two major election bills — the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act — aimed at beefing up voting rights and safeguarding the count. The bills have majority support to pass but lack 60 votes to defeat a filibuster.
With 50 Democrats needed, he has managed to sway numerous holdouts in recent weeks. But Schumer still must still face two prominent centrists resistant to changing the rules: Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.
But he also outlined a series of changes he would be willing to make to the filibuster, including requiring the minority to hold the floor and talk for the duration of its obstruction, as well as scrapping the 60-vote hurdle to begin debate on bills. He would also support changing the threshold to defeat a filibuster to three-fifths of those present and voting in the chamber, as opposed to 60 votes flat.
A group of senators discussed the issue on a Zoom call Wednesday, two sources familiar with the call said.
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