The new compromise legislation is likely doomed to fail in the 50-50 Senate.
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats unveiled a pared back elections bill Tuesday in hopes of kickstarting their stalled push to counteract new laws in Republican states that could make it more difficult to cast a ballot.
The spate of new voting laws — many inspired by former President Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election — have ratcheted up pressure on Democrats in Congress to pass legislation that could counteract the GOP push. Trump’s claims of election fraud were widely rejected in the courts, by state officials who certified the results and by his own attorney general.
It would establish national rules for running elections, limit partisanship in the drawing of congressional districts and force the disclosure of many anonymous donors who spend big to influence elections, according to a summary obtained by The Associated Press.But it also includes a number of changes sought by West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who is the chamber's most conservative Democrat.
Despite the changes, Republicans are expected to uniformly oppose the measure, which they say amounts to a federal takeover of elections. That leaves Democrats well short of the 60 votes needed to advance the bill unless they change the Senate's filibuster rules, which Manchin and other moderates have ruled out.
“All year long Senate Democrats have committed to passing legislation to protect the most sacrosanct right in our democracy — the right to vote,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday from the chamber floor. “Republicans' refusal to work with us is not an excuse for not getting something done.”
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