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Jan 19

WATCH: Push to change filibuster rules fails in the Senate

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Democrats could not persuade holdout senators Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia to change the Senate procedures on this one bill and allow a simple majority to advance it.

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Jan 18

WATCH: Senate opens debate on voting rights bills, setting up a potential filibuster showdown

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Voting legislation that is a cornerstone of the Democratic agenda and a top priority for civil rights leaders is on track for defeat.

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Jan 18

Martin Luther King III criticizes Manchin and Sinema over filibuster reform, says “History will not remember them kindly”

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Senators are returning to Washington under intense pressure to pass voting legislation in the face of stark criticism from civil rights leaders.

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Jan 17

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Biden says Americans must commit to King’s work

By Associated Press

Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr., President Joe Biden said Monday said in a video address on the day that commemorates the slain civil rights leader.

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Jan 17

WATCH: Family of Martin Luther King Jr. hold news briefing after march for voting rights

By Jeff Martin, Michael Warren, Associated Press

The family of Martin Luther King Jr. led a "Peace March" Monday morning across Washington, D.C.'s new Frederick Douglass bridge, calling for the passage of voting rights reform legislation, now stalled in the United States Senate.

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Jan 17

WATCH: Vice President Harris delivers remarks on Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Ebenezer Baptist in Atlanta

By Associated Press

This holiday marks what would have been the 93rd birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 15, who was just 39 when he was assassinated in 1968 while helping sanitation workers strike for better pay and workplace…

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Jan 15

King family rally in Arizona for voting bills for MLK Day

By Terry Tang, Associated Press

As the nation prepares to mark the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., some members of his family are spending it in conservative-leaning Arizona to mobilize support for languishing federal voting rights legislation.

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Jan 14

Watch 12:13
Brooks and Capehart on voting rights legislation and partisanship

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including Democrats' push for voting rights legislation, partisanship and President Biden’s handling of key issues within his party.

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Jan 14

Biden to hold news conference next Wednesday amid agenda roadblocks

By Associated Press

The news conference comes as Biden is attempting to salvage his voting rights initiative and economic agenda, both of which lack the votes to move forward in the evenly-split Senate.

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Jan 13

Watch 5:57
Democrats’ voting rights legislation ‘on ice’ with opposition to filibuster change

By Lisa Desjardins, Geoff Bennett, Tess Conciatori

President Biden and congressional Democrats made a new push Thursday for voting rights legislation. The House passed a repackaged set of two bills aimed at blunting Republican-passed state laws that Democrats say will limit voting. But they still face hurdles…

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