By Craig Bannister | May 13, 2021 | 3:43pm EDT
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), a key vote in the 50-50 Senate, says he won’t support his party’s H.R. 1 bill – but, he would back a scaled-back version of Democrats’ efforts to overhaul and federalize elections.
Manchin prefers the John Lewis Voting Rights Act to the Democrats’ “For The People” (H.R. 1) bill. But, even then, Manchin has “vowed that he would not bring the he bill to the floor for consideration unless it has bipartisan backing,” ABC News reports.
Passing a bill that would impose federal voting standards on all 50 states is “something that can be done; it should be done,” Manchin told ABC News Correspondent Rachael Scott on Tuesday.
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I so wish I could say he is gone, and good riddance. But it’s obvious to anyone paying attention that he’s not, that he intends to wreak havoc wherever and whenever he can. He no longer has that top spot in the real world or in the nether world of.
Sen. Joe Manchin will not back the For the People Act, the.
Posted: May 12, 2021 4:46 PM
Posted By: CNN
Sen. Joe Manchin will not back the For the People Act, the sweeping elections and campaign finance overhaul sought by Democrats to blunt Republican state-level efforts to restrict voting access, a spokeswoman for the West Virginia Democrat confirmed Wednesday.
Manchin who had previously expressed reservations about moving forward with a far-reaching measure without bipartisan support suggested instead using the John Lewis Voting Rights Act as the path forward.
Manchin s proposal comes just one day after the Senate Rules Committee deadlocked 9-9 along partisan lines on passing the For the People Act out of committee Tuesday, revealing the tough path ahead for the Democratic legislation, which touches on everything from rules for early voting to public funding for Senate candidates.
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