Pelosi urges Senate Democrats to back voting rights bill and ‘save democracy’
by Hugo Lowell from on (#5JZHP)
- House speaker makes caucus call as bill on brink of collapse
- Senator Joe Manchin says he will not back For the People Act
Nancy Pelosi is urging congressional Democrats not to abandon their marquee voting-rights legislation in favor of a narrower bill, as the House speaker attempts to stave off opposition to the embattled measure from members of the party in the Senate.
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