Republicans block voting rights protections from advancing – as it happened

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Over on Capitol Hill, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell lamented the sad spectacle" of Democrats trying to change the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation.

McConnell accused majority leader Chuck Schumer of launching a direct assault on the core identity of the Senate" by attempting to amend the filibuster, which Republicans have repeatedly used to block Democrats' voting rights bills.