Filibuster Rule Change For Voting Rights Legislation Fails 52-48 in Senate
A much-discusses and doomed-to-fail vote to change the filibuster rule regarding voting rights legislation failed in the US Senate Wednesday night 52-48
Author: Andrew Donaldson
Born and raised in West Virginia, Andrew has since lived and traveled around the world several times over. Though frequently writing about politics out of a sense of duty and love of country, most of the time he would prefer discussions on history, culture, occasionally nerding on aviation, and his amateur foodie tendencies. He can usually be found misspelling/misusing words on Twitter @four4thefire and his writing website Yonder and Home. Andrew is the host of Heard Tell podcast.
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