In a letter to colleagues, Schumer, D-N.Y., said Republicans “must come to the table” to at least open debate on the bill. He challenged Republicans not to oppose the measure, blocking it with a filibuster, and ”at the very least, vote to open debate.'
bill, testing objections from Republicans with a vote planned for next week, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday.
If the Republican senators have ideas “on how to improve the legislation, we are prepared to hear them, debate them, and if they are in line with the goals of the legislation, include them in the bill,” Schumer said. A key Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, has led the effort to revise an earlier version of the bill that ran into stiff GOP opposition. He, too, had concerns with its scope. But it is doubtful Manchin's effort on the now-scaled back bill will win over many Republican supporters.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has decried the entire effort as a federal takeover of state-run election systems.In the works for weeks, the revised legislation includes many of the same provisions as the previous bill, known as the For the People Act.
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