Senate Republicans filibuster For the People Act, blocking sweeping voting rights expansion

Senate Republicans filibuster S.1, the For the People Act, on a 50-50 vote that falls 10 short of the 60 needed to break a filibuster. The bill would have created automatic voter registration, established independent redistricting commissions in all states, set new standards for campaign finance disclosure, and restored voting rights to people who have completed their sentences. Manchin and Sinema also oppose eliminating the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation, leaving the bill dead. The failure is a major defeat for Biden and voting rights advocates who had rallied around the legislation as a response to Republican state-level restrictions post-Shelby County.