By: Alex Cameron WASHINGTON - Republicans in the United States Senate — including both Senators from Oklahoma — unanimously voted to prevent the Democrats’ sweeping, but controversial voting rights bill from moving to consideration on the Senate floor Tuesday evening, arguing it would have amounted to a massive federal takeover of elections. Democratic leaders knew they would fail to get the 60 votes needed to overcome a Republican filibuster and allow debate on S.1, the For the People Act, but were determined to get GOP Senators on the record opposing a measure that supporters believe is needed to counter an organized attack by conservative legislatures on the ability of many underprivileged Americans to cast votes.