Manchin Says No Filibuster Exception for Voting Rights Bill
Senator Joe Manchin arrives for a meeting with Texas Democrats at his hideaway office in the basement of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on July 15.
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Senator Joe Manchin said he wouldn’t carve out an exemption to the chamber’s filibuster rule for voting rights legislation, effectively dashing chances that Democrats could maneuver around Republican opposition to overhauling the nation’s elections laws.
The West Virginia Democrat made the remarks after meeting with a group of Texas House Democrats who left the state to stall a vote on Republican-backed legislation that they say would restrict voting.