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×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBut Sinema and Manchin both back other key parts of the Democratic agenda that cannot win 60 votes, meaning they are effectively making the choice to prioritize an arcane Senate rule and the increasingly inconceivable over legislative proposals that would benefit millions of Americans, and that majorities of voters favor.“The filibuster,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) , “is killing our democracy.”Senate Democrats last month as Senate Bill 1 last month, positioning the package as their top legislative priority. Democrats and voting rights groups see the bill as an enhanced version of the Voting Rights Act, which the Supreme Court has largely gutted, and advocates consider its passage vital at a time when GOP-controlled state legislatures have launched an aggressive nationwide crusade to curtail ballot access. The Supreme Court’s 2013 invalidation of the heart of the Voting Rights Act, and the wave of Republican-backed voter suppression laws that have followed, have largely targeted Black and other minority voters. The Democratic legislation would implement national standards for voting rights, forbid partisan gerrymandering and overhaul campaign finance laws. A majority of Americans support the main voting rights expansions the bill would advance. The legislative proposal itself enjoys the backing of nearly two-thirds of all voters and a majority of Republicans, according to a conducted by Data For Progress.The House is likely to pass it, but Republican senators broadly oppose it, and with the filibuster in place, it has .AdvertisementAdvertisementSuggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inbox

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBut Sinema and Manchin both back other key parts of the Democratic agenda that cannot win 60 votes, meaning they are effectively making the choice to prioritize an arcane Senate rule and the increasingly inconceivable over legislative proposals that would benefit millions of Americans, and that majorities of voters favor.“The filibuster,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) , “is killing our democracy.”Senate Democrats last month as Senate Bill 1 last month, positioning the...

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