facing criticism from advocates who called for a more sustained effort. >> voting rights is a fight. republicans, when they show up, they show up with an axe. democrats show up with a butter knife. >> reporter: but the white house left only to call for a vote destined to fail if only to make the record clear. >> it will highlight very clearly for the american people who stands with them in protecting voting rights and who stands against it. >> reporter: it's the latest in a bevy of biden priorities stuck in the senate, including the $1.75 trillion economic package, as administration officials acknowledge the singular issue most responsible is the pandemic where historic efforts to district woot vaccines are now overshadowed by a scramble for tests, masks and coordinated messaging in the face of the omicron variant surge and as economic oversees an economic recovery that leads the world. >> it was its biggest jyear of