WATCH: ‘Will not support’ filibuster change: Sinema dashes Senate Democrats’ hopes

Published January 13, 2022 5:38pm ET



Sen. Kyrsten Sinema dashed uphill efforts by Democrats to alter the Senate’s long-standing filibuster rules, announcing in a floor speech Thursday she “will not support” the change.

Sinema, an Arizona centrist who has largely remained silent as Democrats have struggled to round up support for the change, will make it impossible for the party to pass partisan voting overhaul bills with the simple majority they sought.

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