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Landmark voting rights bill defeated in Senate despite Democratic unity


Landmark voting rights bill defeated in Senate despite Democratic unity
David Smith in Washington
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Joe Biden suffered a significant setback on Tuesday as one of his top priorities, a set of reforms to protect voting rights and shore up American democracy, was defeated in Congress.
With Vice-President Kamala Harris presiding, a Senate procedural vote on whether to start debate on sweeping election legislation ended as expected in a 50-50 stalemate along party lines. Sixty votes had been required to overcome Republicans’ use of a procedural tool known as the filibuster, in effect killing the bill. ....

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