The Democrats’ uphill battle on voting rights
1 big thing
Axios
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🗓️ 22 June 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:30.6 | Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. |
| 0:35.8 | It's Tuesday, June 22. I'm Nyla Boudou. |
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| 0:47.0 | But first, the Democrats uphill battle on voting rights is today's one big thing. |
| 0:52.8 | The Senate is voting today on whether or not to move forward with the For the People Act, |
| 1:01.3 | a sweeping election reform bill that's been at the top of the Democratic wish list for months. |
| 1:06.2 | But the vote today likely is not going to go their way. |
| 1:09.6 | Here to tell us what she's watching for in the Senate today is Axios's political reporter |
| 1:13.3 | Steph Kite. Good morning, Steph. Good morning, Nyla. |
| 1:15.8 | So the vote today is on whether or not to even have a debate over the bill. |
| 1:20.4 | Why are we expecting that this won't go forward? |
| 1:23.2 | We're expecting this won't go forward because Democrats need 10 Republicans to join them |
| 1:28.4 | to move forward on this bill. |
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