The president’s statement came hours before Manchin and Sinema would kill Democrats’ marquee voting bill.
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Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema voted against changing to a “talking filibuster.”
Organizers Kelly Hayes and Bree Newsome Bass discuss long COVID, voting rights and getting organized.
The Vermont senator called the conservative Democrats’ support of the filibuster “pathetic” on Wednesday.
Sen. Joe Manchin signaled he would not support a talking filibuster, even if his decision spurred a primary challenge.
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.
The Senate will debate the voting rights bill for all to see, but the filibuster is set to prevent it from passing.
Lawmakers need “to ensure that all Americans have the unencumbered right to vote,” Martin Luther King III said.
Barber criticized the Democrats for bifurcating the Build Back Better economic legislation from voting rights.
The Arizona senator drew ire from voting rights advocates at events marking MLK Jr.’s birthday.