Sad and sick, at the same time.
“enate Republicans blocked the voting rights legislation, likely triggering Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to move forward with changing Senate filibuster rules.
The motion to move forward with ending debate and taking a vote on the bill, Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, failed in the Senate by 51-49. Sen. Schumer joined Republicans “in order to enter a motion to reconsider the vote,” according to the Senate Press Gallery.
Minutes before Senate voted Schumer threatened that “if the GOP blocks this vote—we must change the rules of the Senate to pass these bills.”
The bill, which was expected to fail, required 60 votes to move forward and overcome the Republican filibuster. “
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