Battle Over Voting Stands After Filibuster Flip Flop
We ran the numbers: There are 1484 news articles covering this topic. 61% (901) are left leaning, 24% (363) are center, and 15% (220) are right leaning.
The failure to change the rules for the voting rights legislation means the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the Freedom to Vote Act are effectively dead. While left-leaning articles highlight that voting continues to divide the two major U.S. political parties, right-leaning articles highlight that several Democratic senators are defending their votes to eliminate the filibuster less than five years after demanding that Republicans keep the procedure.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that voting continues to divide the two major U.S. political parties. These state-by-state battles are a legacy of the 2020 presidential election and former President Donald Trump’s insistence.
Newsweek published a centrist article reporting that Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) could be in serious danger of losing her seat after she voted against a change to the Senate filibuster rules this week. Sinema joined Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and all of the Republicans in opposing a change that would have imposed a so-called "talking filibuster."
A right-leaning article by Daily Caller highlights that several Democratic senators are defending their votes to eliminate the filibuster less than five years after demanding that Republicans keep the procedure. In a Wednesday vote, 46 Democrats and two Independents moved to ax the nearly 200-year-old filibuster.
From the right
30 Senate Dems, Including Kamala Harris, Signed Plea To Keep Filibuster In 2017. What’s Changed?
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