Liberal groups push for undoing filibuster in advance of expected defeat of voting bill
June 21, 2021 | Arizona, District of Columbia
A coalition of liberal groups on Monday prodded Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona to support eliminating the filibuster to pass the Democrats’ voting overhaul bill without any Republican opposition.
That the groups began running the $1.5 million television and digital ad campaign before a vote Tuesday on S. 1 reinforced the assumption that Senate Republicans will block the measure.
Progressives already are moving on to the next fight — trying to ram through the measure by eliminating the filibuster, by which Republicans can block Democratic measures that do not have the support of 10 GOP members….
(Excerpts from the Washington Times)
