Today, Senate Democrats will try to get closer to a floor vote on the two voting rights bills that have sat inactive for months in the chamber, despite having no apparent path to victory on the legislation:
Senate Democrats got around a GOP filibuster to start debate on the measure, but under current rules, they would still need 60 votes to end debate and proceed to a vote. Doing so is a dim prospect given Republicans' unified opposition to them.
Once that effort fails, Democrats are expected to try and change the filibuster in order to try to pass the voting rights bills. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer proposed a"talking filibuster," forcing Republicans to talk on the floor to sustain their objection to the bill. But two key holdouts, Sens.
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, named for the late Georgia congressman and civil rights icon, aims to reverse a 2013 Supreme Court decision that struck down key portions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Specifically, it would restore a requirement that mandates states with a history of voter discrimination get preclearance before changing voting laws, and it would update the formula used to determine which states must get preclearance.
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