Senate Democrats return to overhauling election laws as Biden’s spending bill flails

Published December 15, 2021 8:23pm ET



Senate Democrats have pivoted back to their plan to overhaul voting laws as hopes fade for passing President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better bill before Christmas.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer hasn’t pulled the plug on a pre-Christmas vote on the $1.85 trillion spending plan but said Wednesday Democrats are refocusing on the controversial Freedom to Vote and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement acts. Those measures were crafted in response to red-state vote integrity laws passed in the wake of the 2020 election, which Democrats have framed as discriminatory and restrictive.

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