SCOOP If Dem’s current plan to pass voting rights fails in the Senate, they’ve got a backup plan to force the issue -
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Lawmakers would use an unrelated bill on NASA as a shell for senators to add voting rights text to.
The NASA bill has already passed the Senate once, so it would easily clear procedural votes that sank other voting rights bills.
The NASA bill has already passed the Senate once, so it would easily clear procedural votes that sank other voting rights bills.
Right now the focus is still squarely on the two major bills in the Senate and a potential rules change.
But Dem leaders today indicated that if those didn’t work, they had alternate options.
But Dem leaders today indicated that if those didn’t work, they had alternate options.
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