Senate fails to change filibuster rule to allow passage of voting rights legislation The rule change would have required 51 votes to pass but did not have the support of all Democrats.

Sen. Joe Manchin is breaking with Democrats and throwing his weight behind a more measured voting rights bill in lieu of the sweeping Democratic voting reform bill.

Senate Democrats reintroduced a bill Tuesday to restore and expand protections enshrined in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, their latest long-shot attempt to revive the landmark law just days ...

WASHINGTON - The 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act on Wednesday was overshadowed by a risk the Supreme Court is close to eliminating key portions of the landmark law intended to protect the ...

With Texas Republicans poised to sign off on a sweeping voting bill, President Joe Biden said Saturday that legislation like Senate Bill 7 that restricts voting access is "un-American." "Today ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats reintroduced a bill Tuesday to restore and expand protections enshrined in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, their latest long-shot attempt to revive the landmark law ...