Earlier in the evening, the Senate was unable to end debate on voting rights legislation -- something that would have required 60 votes to move toward final passage. That vote was 49-51.

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 ...

WASHINGTON ‒ On the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a law that promised millions of Americans the power to vote, civil right lawyers and scholars warn those rights are in danger again.

This month we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the single most influential pieces of ...

The bill includes text from an earlier version of the legislation that didn't pass the Senate, which would bolster provisions in the 1965 Voting Rights Act that the U.S. Supreme Court gutted in 2013.

States like Vermont have similar local laws. But their senators will have to take political risks to stand up for the ...