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![Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during the Houston Region Business Coalition's monthly meeting on October 27, 2021, in Houston, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0121-greg-abbott-400x300.jpg)
Under New TX Law, Number of Rejected Mail-In Ballot Applications Is Skyrocketing
“This is what voter suppression looks like,” says an election clerk in Austin, as the pattern repeats across the state.
![Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y holds a rally outside the U.S. Capitol to urge the Senate to pass voting rights legislation on January 19, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0120-jamaal-bowman-400x300.jpg)
Police Arrest Rep. Jamaal Bowman During Voting Rights Protest at the Capitol
The progressive lawmaker had joined hunger strikers on the eighth day of their protest.
![Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders talks to reporters outside the West Wing following a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House on July 12, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0120-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Biden Implies Sanders — Not Manchin or Sinema — Is Obstructing Democratic Agenda
The president’s statement came hours before Manchin and Sinema would kill Democrats’ marquee voting bill.
![Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin are seen on Capitol Hill on Januaru 19, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0120-kyrsten-sinema-joe-manchin-400x300.jpg)
Voting Rights Legislation, Filibuster Changes Fail to Pass in the Senate
Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema voted against changing to a “talking filibuster.”
![Bree Newsome Bass](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0119-bree-newsome-bass-a-400x300.jpg)
Bree Newsome Bass: “Capitalism Has to Collapse”
Organizers Kelly Hayes and Bree Newsome Bass discuss long COVID, voting rights and getting organized.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders answers questions from reporters at the Capitol on July 12, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0119-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Sanders Says He’s Open to Supporting Primary Challengers to Manchin and Sinema
The Vermont senator called the conservative Democrats’ support of the filibuster “pathetic” on Wednesday.
![Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a news conference following a Senate democratic caucus meeting on voting rights and the filibuster on Capitol Hill on January 18, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0119-chuck-schumer-400x300.jpg)
Senate Dems Push to Bring Back “Talking Filibuster” in Pursuit of Voting Rights
Sen. Joe Manchin signaled he would not support a talking filibuster, even if his decision spurred a primary challenge.
![President Joe Biden delivering remarks about his administration's implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on January 14, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0118-joe-biden-b-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s Wing of the Democratic Party Is Sinking His Presidency
Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer have no control of their party, or any plan to fix what is shaping up to be an awful year.
![Activists take part in a voting rights protest in front of the White House on November 17, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0118-voting-rights-400x300.jpg)
Republicans, Aided by Manchin and Sinema, Are Stonewalling Voting Rights Bill
The Senate will debate the voting rights bill for all to see, but the filibuster is set to prevent it from passing.
![Martin Luther King III, eldest son of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., speaks before the annual D.C. Peace Walk: Change Happens with Good Hope and a Dream for Dr. Martin Luther King Day on January 17, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0118-voting-rights-march-400x300.jpg)
MLK Family Blasts Manchin & Sinema for Protecting Filibuster Over Voting Rights
Lawmakers need “to ensure that all Americans have the unencumbered right to vote,” Martin Luther King III said.