Schumer Set to Challenge GOP With Vote to Advance Election Bill
- Republicans poised to block debate on voting rights measure
- Manchin says talks on possible compromise making progress
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he will hold a vote Tuesday on whether to advance sweeping voting-rights legislation to the Senate floor, and the lone Democrat who has withheld his support said he could stick with his party to start debate.
Senate Democrats met behind closed doors Thursday to try to hatch a compromise acceptable to Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who has put forth a series of modifications to the election law proposal that all other Democrats back and which was a core party campaign promise in 2020.