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Voting Rights Cannot Be Separated From Economic Justice, Says William Barber
Barber criticized the Democrats for bifurcating the Build Back Better economic legislation from voting rights.
![Voting rights advocates march in Phoenix, Arizona, on January 15, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0117-voting-rights-march-400x300.png)
Progressives Rail Against Sinema for Choosing Filibuster Over Voting Rights
The Arizona senator drew ire from voting rights advocates at events marking MLK Jr.'s birthday.
![Sen. Joe Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema depart after a Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill on November 16, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0114-manchin-sinema-400x300.jpg)
Manchin Joins Sinema in Announcing Opposition to Abolishing Filibuster
Sen. Joe Manchin's decision is crushing Democratic hopes of passing key voting rights legislation.
![Sen. Kyrsten Sinema arrives for a meeting between President Joe Biden and the Senate Democratic Caucus to discuss the passing of legislation to protect the constitutional right to vote and the integrity of elections, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., January 13, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0113-kyrsten-sinema-400x300.jpg)
Critics Lambaste Sinema’s Opposition to Filibuster Changes
Sinema's position amounts to asking permission from “authors of vote-rigging” to protect voting rights, observers said.
![Demonstrators gather outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on October 3, 2017, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0113-fair-maps-protest-400x300.jpg)
Ohio Supreme Court Rules That GOP-Drawn District Maps Are Unconstitutional
Voting rights advocates have said that the maps were gerrymandered and discriminatory.
![Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on January 4, 2022 in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0113-chuck-schumer-400x300.jpg)
Schumer Announces Procedural Plan That Will Lead to Vote on Filibuster Changes
The plan initially evades a filibuster, but passing voting rights legislation will still require changes to the rule.
![Sen. Joe Manchin speaks to reporters outside of his office on Capitol Hill on January 4, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0112-joe-manchin-400x300.jpg)
Manchin Signals Unwillingness Toward Backing Biden’s Calls for Filibuster Reform
Manchin suggested he'd only back changes to the filibuster if a two-thirds supermajority in the Senate agreed to them.
![President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a ceremony in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0111-joe-biden-s-400x300.jpg)
Biden Will Back Filibuster Changes After Pressure From Voting Rights Groups
Although Democrats say they want to alter the filibuster rule, they still haven’t proposed specific changes.
![Sen. Joe Manchin speaks to reporters outside his office on Capitol Hill on January 4, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0110-joe-manchin-400x300.jpg)
Manchin Filibuster Talks Like “Negotiating Via Etch A Sketch,” Dem Sources Say
Lawmakers working on filibuster negotiations with Manchin say that they have to “start from scratch” every single day.
![Vice President Kamala Harris listens to President Joe Biden speak to reporters as he departs through the Hall of Columns on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0107-harris-biden-400x300.jpg)
Voting Rights Groups Tell Biden: Don’t Come to Atlanta Without a Plan
Georgia won't be used as “a chess piece in someone else’s ineffectual political dealings,” the groups said.