Biden must make the case for ending the filibuster to protect voting rights

The comprehensive voting rights bill, the For the People Act, passed the House in March. But S.1, as it is known in the Senate, failed to break the filibuster in June when no Republican voted to allow debate and a simple-majority vote on the measure. That includes seven who voted in favor of the voting rights reauthorization 15 years ago. This happened even after Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) issued a compromise proposal. And when Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) asked for unanimous consent this week for three separate voting rights bills, including S.1., Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) objected to each of them.