Sinema speaks out against filibuster reform after House sends voting rights bill to Senate – as it happened
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The US House is currently voting on a bill that combines two sweeping voting rights measures. They're expected to pass it shortly and send it over to the US Senate, where there will be a showdown over the filibuster.
The procedure is a little arcane, but Democrats combined their two major pieces of voting rights legislation into a single bill Wednesday evening in order to expedite it over to the senate.
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