Sinema to Senate Dems: What's the plan on voting rights? [View all]
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Source: Politico
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema posed a simple question to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday: How are Democrats going to pass their signature ethics and election reform bill?
The Arizona Democrat’s query is the central question surrounding the party’s high-priority legislation. Schumer had a matter-of-fact response at Thursday’s first private caucus meeting on the topic, according to multiple sources, telling Sinema only that the plan is to stick together.
But total unity is eluding the 50-member caucus right now. West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, the Senate’s most conservative Democrat, still hasn’t signed on. He also wasn’t there on Thursday.
Sinema is a sponsor of the bill and no one disparaged the legislation during the meeting, those sources said. But her inquiry, which her office did not dispute, highlights the uphill battle ahead for Democrats, who have a major math problem even if they do gain Manchin's support, since the bill has no chance of getting the 10 GOP votes needed to overcome the Senate’s procedural hurdles.
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