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Many Arizona Democrats were already talking about primary challenges to Kyrsten Sinema, even before she reiterated her opposition to changing Senate rules, helping to doom voting rights legislation.

Democrats are picking up the pieces after the collapse of their sweeping voting rights legislation.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats "made progress” toward changing the Senate’s filibuster rules to advance voting legislation, despite the dramatic collapse of the package that his party says is central to protecting democracy.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is drawing criticism for comments he made shortly before the GOP blocked a federal elections bill, when he said that “African American” voters cast ballots at similar rates to “Americans.”.

Despite last night’s defeat, the filibuster conversation has changed for good.

The rules change was rejected 52-48, with Manchin and Sinema joining the Republicans in opposition. Both Manchin and Sinema say they support the legislation, but Democrats fell far short of the 60 votes needed to push the bill over the Republican filibuster. Next, Schumer put forward a rules change for a “talking filibuster” on this one bill. But that, too, failed because Manchin and Sinema were unwilling to change the Senate rules a party-line vote by Democrats alone. Once reluctant himself to change Senate rules, Biden has stepped up his pressure on senators to do just that.

Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights groups argue is vital for protecting democracy has collapsed.

President Joe Biden acknowledges that the pandemic has exhausted and demoralized many Americans in his first year in office.

President Joe Biden ends his first year in the White House with a clear majority of Americans for the first time disapproving of his handling of the presidency in the face of an unrelenting pandemic and roaring inflation.

The rules change was rejected in a 52-48 vote, with Manchin and Sinema joining the Republicans in opposition. Both Manchin and Sinema say they support the legislation, but Democrats fell far short of the 60 votes needed to advance the bill over the Republican filibuster. Instead, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer put forward a more specific rules change for a “talking filibuster” on this one bill. But that, too, failed because Manchin and Sinema said they were unwilling to change the rules on a party-line vote by Democrats alone. Once reluctant himself to change Senate rules, Biden has stepped up his pressure on senators to do just that.

The Democratic leader, who'd used the Senate's 60-vote margin to his advantage in the past, took his time — and peeled off dozens of skeptics.

Advocates are warning that Republican-led states nationwide are passing laws making it more difficult for Black Americans and others to vote.

Democrats were poised to immediately pivot to voting on a Senate rules change as a way to overcome the filibuster and approve the bill with a simple majority. Both Manchin and Sinema say they support the legislation but are unwilling to change Senate rules. Instead, Schumer put forward a more specific rules change for a “talking filibuster” on this one bill. He said doing away with filibuster rules would “break the Senate.”Manchin drew a roomful of senators for his own speech, upstaging the president’s news conference and defending the filibuster. Is that where we are?”Once reluctant himself to change Senate rules, Biden has stepped up his pressure on senators to do just that.

In piercing speeches, the debate is carrying echoes of an earlier era when the Senate filibuster was deployed by opponents of civil rights legislation. Both Manchin and Sinema say they support the legislation but are unwilling to change Senate rules. Instead, Schumer put forward a more specific rules change for a “talking filibuster” on this one bill. When Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., asked Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky whether he would pause for a question, McConnell left the chamber refusing to respond. Is that where we are?”Once reluctant himself to change Senate rules, Biden has stepped up his pressure on senators to do just that.

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Both voting rights legislation and a change to filibuster rules are expected to fail in Senate votes.

Despite his late push, Biden has been unable to persuade two holdout Democrats, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, to change Senate rules so the party can overpower a Republican filibuster that is blocking the voting bill. In piercing speeches, the debate is carrying echoes of an earlier era when the Senate filibuster was deployed by opponents of civil rights legislation. Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois asked Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell if he would pause for a question, but the Republican leader left the chamber refusing to respond. Once reluctant himself to change Senate rules, Biden has stepped up his pressure on senators to do just that. The political group Emily’s List said it won’t endorse Sinema if she cannot support a path forward for the voting bill.

Democrats in the Senate will proceed to a vote on two voting rights bills Wednesday, despite lacking the votes needed to pass either measure.

“There are so many things that we can agree on,” he said, though he held firm against voting to change the filibuster rules. Once reluctant himself to change Senate rules, Biden used the King holiday to press senators to do just that. Biden has been unable to persuade Sinema and Manchin to join other Democrats to change the rules to lower the 60-vote threshold. The political group Emily’s List said it won’t endorse Sinema if she cannot support a path forward for the voting bill. The voting bill was the Democrats' top priority this Congress, and the House swiftly approved H.R.

Senate Democrats are vigorously pushing voting rights legislation although it seems headed for defeat as the Senate began debate Tuesday. (Jan. 18)

(AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders suggested Tuesday that he'd support primary challengers against Democratic colleagues Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, further intensifying a political battle pitting members of President Joe Biden's party against one another. Asked if he'd consider supporting such primary challengers, Sanders responded, “Well, yeah." Sanders' sentiments also lay bare progressives' growing frustrations with the more moderate Manchin and Sinema, whom the left has blamed for stalling many of Biden’s top legislative priorities. Manchin and Sinema aren't up for reelection until 2024, but both could face serious primary challengers then. Manchin and Sinema say they support the legislation but are unwilling to change Senate rules to muscle the legislation through the chamber over Republican objections.

Sen. Bernie Sanders is suggesting he’d support primary challengers against Democratic colleagues Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.

The statement comes after Sinema doubled down on her opposition to overhauling the filibuster, effectively killing Biden's push for voting rights legislation.

For the fifth time in recent months, Senate Republicans this week are expected to block Democrats’ sweeping voting legislation by using a longstanding parliamentary tactic known as the filibuster.

Congress Voting Bills FILE - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, speaks to the media after Senate Democrats met privately with President Joe Biden, Jan. 13, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. “The eyes of the nation will be watching what happens this week,” Schumer said as he opened the session Tuesday. This is the fifth time the Senate will try to pass voting legislation this Congress. Critics have also assailed Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who is leading his party against the voting legislation. The voting bill was the Democrats' top priority this Congress, and the House swiftly approved H.R.

When asked whether Sinema and Manchin should be primaried in 2024, Warren said: "We'll address that when we get past this week."

When asked whether Sinema and Manchin should be primaried in 2024, Warren said: "We'll address that when we get past this week."

The Senate is expected to begin formal debate on voting rights bills after Democrats made a final push for reform on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This comes as a CBS News poll found 4 in 10 Americans feel the president isn't focused on voting rights access enough. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports.

“History will not remember them kindly,” the younger King said, referring to Sinema and Manchin by name. Once reluctant to change Senate rules, President Joe Biden used the King holiday to pressure senators to do just that. Biden has been unable to persuade Sinema and Manchin to join other Democrats in changing the rules to lower the 60-vote threshold. Both Manchin and Sinema have argued that preserving the Senate filibuster rules as they are, at the 60-vote threshold to advance legislation, is important for fostering bipartisanship. Blame also fell to Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who is leading his party against the voting legislation.

Voting legislation that is a cornerstone of the Democratic agenda and a top priority for civil rights leaders is on track for defeat.

Ceremonies scheduled for the site on Monday, to mark the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday, have been canceled because of the weather. Speaking in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Martin Luther King III said though he was marking the federal holiday named for his father, he wasn't there to celebrate. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was just 39 when he was assassinated in 1968 while helping sanitation workers strike for better pay and workplace safety in Memphis, Tennessee. “The fight for voting rights takes perseverance,” Obama tweeted. His insistence on nonviolent protest continues to influence activists pushing for civil rights and social change.

Vice President Harris said Monday that she is "not going to absolve" any member of the Senate who will not take action to pass voting rights legislation when she was asked specifically about Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.).Why it matters: The Senate this week will take up voting legislation that's already passed in the House. The bill is certainly doomed, due to a lack of Republican support and a refusal from Manchin and Sinema to change the filibuster rule.Get market ne

In an interview with CBS News, the son of the slain civil rights leader says his father would be 'disappointed' in voting rights rollback

A nationwide standard of voting rights now seems like a pipe dream.

A nationwide standard of voting rights now seems like a pipe dream.

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s eldest son has condemned the inaction of federal lawmakers on voting rights.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden packed carrots and apples into food boxes for the hungry and chatted with volunteers Sunday at a food bank as part of a day of service for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

MLK Day Arizona Martin Luther King III, with the Deliver For Voting Rights organization, wraps up his speech at the Eastlake Park Amphitheater in Phoenix on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Martin Luther King Jr., some members of his family are spending it in conservative-leaning Arizona to mobilize support for languishing federal voting rights legislation. King told a crowd campaigning to protect voting rights that Sinema cannot simultaneously express support for the legislation while also blocking their approval. “History will remember Sen. Sinema, I believe unkindly, for her position on the filibuster,” the civil rights leader's eldest son said as the nation prepares to mark the birthday of the Rev. The plea from the King family brings an especially powerful voice to an increasingly tense campaign to pressure Sinema to change her mind.

Mlk Day Arizona FILE - Martin Luther King III speaks during a rally for voting rights, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Martin Luther King, Jr., some members of his family are spending it in conservative-leaning Arizona to mobilize support for languishing federal voting rights legislation. Martin Luther King III, his wife and their 13-year-old daughter will take part Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022 in an on-the-ground campaign for voting rights in Phoenix. Martin Luther King Jr., some members of his family are spending it in conservative-leaning Arizona to mobilize support for languishing federal voting rights legislation. Martin Luther King III; his wife, Arndrea Waters King; and their daughter Yolanda Renee King, 13, took part Saturday in an on-the-ground campaign for voting rights in Phoenix.

Martin Luther King III came to Arizona with harsh words for Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, whose refusal to change filibuster rules makes voting rights legislation unlikely to pass in the Senate.

Just over a year ago, millions of energized young people, women, voters of color and independents joined forces to send Joe Biden to the White House.

American families who depended on the enhanced child tax credit for extra income will not receive payments in January. Stormy Johnson, a mother and student support specialist in West Virginia, joined CBSN to discuss how the lapse is affecting her community and her message to West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, who opposes the enhanced credit's extension.

Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin are not backing down on the filibuster, likely crushing President Biden's hopes of passing voting rights bill.

Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin are not backing down on the filibuster, likely crushing President Biden's hopes of passing voting rights bill.

Senate Republicans are set to block two voting rights bills, leading Democrats to consider filibuster changes to pass them.

Biden President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media as he leaves a meeting with the Senate Democratic Caucus to discuss voting rights and election integrity on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (Andrew Harnik)WASHINGTON — (AP) — All but conceding defeat, President Joe Biden said Thursday he’s now unsure the Democrats' major elections and voting rights legislation can pass Congress this year. Instead, Biden returned to the White House with his agenda languishing in Congress. Biden spoke for more than an hour in private with restive Democrats in the Senate, including Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who also opposes changing Senate rules. He fielded questions and comments, including from Manchin, who expressed reluctance to changing Senate rules.

President Joe Biden is all but conceding defeat for this year on the Democrats' big elections and voting rights legislation.

Thursday saw a closed-door huddle by an embattled President Joe Biden with his own party’s senators, apparently for naught.

A senior strategist at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday responded to a floor speech by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., encouraging Democrats to keep attacking her

President Joe Biden barely had time to shake off Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's body slam Thursday when the U.S. Supreme Court knocked him down again.

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (Andrew Harnik)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Shortly before President Joe Biden met with Senate Democrats Thursday, hoping to jolt their stalled voting legislation, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema blunted the bill's chances further, declaring she could not support a “short sighted” rules change to get past a Republican blockade. But their efforts have stalled in the narrowly divided Senate, where they lack the 60 votes out of 100 to overcome a Republican filibuster. They will use existing Senate rules in an effort to bypass the Republican filibuster that has prevented them from formally debating the bill on the chamber's floor. Schumer had initially set the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, on Jan. 17, as a deadline to either pass the voting legislation or consider revising the filibuster rules. After the House passed that bill Thursday, the Senate can debate the measure with a simple majority, bypassing a filibuster.

Ahead of a meeting with President Biden, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema dashed any hope of changing the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation.

Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema declared Thursday that she will not vote to suspend the filibuster in order to enact two voting bills, all but guaranteeing that President Biden's top legislative priority will fail.

Senate Democrats are trying to force a public showdown over their sweeping elections legislation.

Two of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's former aides have become key aides for corporate giants looking to impact President Joe Biden's agenda.

There was a prominent Atlanta resident missing Tuesday when President Joe Biden swung through the city to press for voting rights protections: Stacey Abrams.

Democrats are mounting an impassioned bid to overhaul Senate rules that stand in the way of their sweeping voting legislation.

The White House says President Joe Biden will renew his push for federal voting rights legislation in a speech next week in Georgia.

Congress Budget Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a Democratic policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. So far Democrats have been unable to agree among themselves over potential changes to the Senate rules to reduce the 60-vote hurdle, despite months of private negotiations. How the Senate filibuster rules would be changed remains under discussion. But despite their reluctance on major filibuster changes, Manchin and Sinema both support the election legislation. Now the two Democrats' colleagues are working on ways to change the filibuster so at least this legislation could pass.

Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia is sounding a skeptical note about the prospects of easing the Senate’s filibuster rules to advance stalled voting legislation.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the Senate will vote soon on easing filibuster rules in an effort to advance stalled voting rights legislation.

President Joe Biden only rarely talks about last January's violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the conspiratorial lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

Democrats are trying to pick up the pieces after West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin effectively crushed President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill.

Despite months of being courted and cajoled, Sen. Joe Manchin is still not a yes on President Joe Biden's big $2 trillion domestic package.

Democrats are hoping that Congress is nearing the finish line in its seven-month trek on President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion social and environment package.

Congress Budget FILE - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WVa., talks to reporters as he leaves the chamber after a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, on Nov. 3, 2021. Now the focus turns to the Senate, where painful Republican amendments, restrictive rules and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin lurk (AP Photo/J. It gets no easier in the Senate, where painful Republican amendments, restrictive rules and Joe Manchin lurk. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., have already forced their party to constrain the measure's size and ambition. While the House bill strengthens the government's ability to curb pharmaceutical prices, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has talked about going further.

Democrats have finally driven President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion package of family services, health care and climate initiatives through the House.

It took half a year but Democrats have driven President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion package of social and climate initiatives through the House. It gets no easier in the Senate, where painful Republican amendments, restrictive rules and Joe Manchin lurk. Facing unbroken GOP opposition, Democrats finally reached agreement among themselves and eased the compromise through the House on Nov. 19.

Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, spoke with NPR about how Democrats plan to secure all 50 member votes needed to pass President Biden's $2.2 trillion social spending bill.

The Senate will try to pass the Build Back Better Act before Christmas, and it will likely make changes to the House bill.

President Joe Biden’s choice to become one of the top banking regulators endured a contentious nomination hearing Thursday, with Republican senators warning she would nationalize the U.S. banking system and Democrats saying she’s eminently qualified and would be tough overseer of Wall Street.

President Joe Biden nominated Saule Omarova to be the nation’s next comptroller of the currency in September.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) criticized Democratic leadership in a wide-ranging interview with Politico published Wednesday for making false promises by setting expectations for the social spending bill and other legislation far too high.Why it matters: Sinema said that the pledges amount to dishonesty with Americans because they are made with the presumption of agreement within the party, which she believes is an unrealistic and potentially hazardous expectation in a diverse democracy.Get mark

President Biden is set to sign the $1.25 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Monday.

President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser is expressing confidence the White House’s $1.85 trillion domestic policy package will quickly pass the House this week.

Sinema’s swelling campaign account comes as many in her party have refused such contributions, denouncing them as evidence of deep-seated corruption in Washington. Company CEO Robert Bradway gave Sinema $5,000; two company lobbyists gave an additional $3,000. Sinema's office said that while she doesn't support raising corporate taxes, she does support establishing a corporate minimum tax so that businesses can't altogether avoid paying their fair share, which is now included in Biden's plan. —Executives, managers and a corporate PAC for Ryan LLC, a global tax consulting firm, poured over $72,000 into Sinema's campaign account in late August and September. That made Ryan, whose employees and PAC had not previously given to Sinema, one of her top corporate donors.

Twenty years ago, when Kyrsten Sinema was a Green Party activist running for the Phoenix City Council, she likened the practice of raising campaign cash to “bribery.”.

Twenty years ago, a Green Party activist running for the Phoenix City Council named Kyrsten Sinema likened raising campaign cash to “bribery.” Now a first-term senator from Arizona, she no longer has such qualms. Once a self-styled “Prada socialist" labeled as “too extreme” by Arizona's Democratic Party, Sinema has found new power as a centrist in a 50-50 Senate where there are no votes to spare, forcing President Joe Biden to downsize his agenda and other Democratic ambitions.

McConnell made the remarks on an podcast appearance on Friday, where he also gave Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin "credit" for "talking about inflation."

Rarely have the leaders of Congress been asked to do so much with so little in trying to navigate President Joe Biden’s big domestic vision into law.

President Joe Biden is facing a familiar challenge as he promotes his new $1 trillion infrastructure deal to the American people and tries to get the money out the door quickly for maximum impact.

President Joe Biden is hailing Congress’ passage of his $1 trillion infrastructure package as a “monumental step forward for the nation."

Top Democrats have abruptly postponed an expected House vote on their 10-year, $1.85 trillion social and environment measure.

Republican Glenn Youngkin spent months talking to voters about his plans to roll back Democrats’ “left, liberal, progressive agenda.”.

Democrats in the House appear on the verge of advancing President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion-and-growing domestic policy package.

The pharmaceutical industry has employed three lobbyists for every member of Congress this year.

Democrats say they have sealed a deal to lower pharmaceutical drug costs for most older Americans as part of President Joe Biden’s sweeping $1.75 trillion domestic proposal.

House Democrats have added paid family and medical leave, immigration law changes and a state-and-local tax break to President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion social services and environmental bill.

Sen. Joe Manchin is wavering over supporting President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion policy package.

In a single week, fractious congressional Democrats have coalesced significantly around President Joe Biden’s domestic ambitions.

Two congressional aides say Democrats have made significant progress on adding compromise provisions curbing prescription drug prices to their massive social and environment package.

Two Democrats say party leaders are hoping for House votes as soon as Tuesday on the two pillars of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda.

Democrats’ decision to drop a proposal for paid family leave from their massive social safety net and climate change package was met with disappointment and irritation by female voters in Virginia.

It’s big, messy and complicated as the Democratic leaders in Congress try to muscle President Joe Biden’s sweeping domestic policy package into law.

Joe Biden set out to be a president who under-promised and over-delivered.

Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, who was elected in 1992 as a self described “mom in tennis shoes,” has been fighting for paid family and medical leave for decades.

President Joe Biden and Democrats are getting low marks from the public as they try to get a roughly $1.75 trillion spending package over the finish line.

President Joe Biden promised to show the world that democracies can work to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

President Joe Biden says he has reached a “historic” framework with Democrats in Congress on his sweeping, though scaled-back domestic policy plan.

Top Democrats say a deal is within reach on President Joe Biden's big domestic bill.