Article 5TZ6W ‘Incoherent, incorrect’: McConnell dismisses Biden’s push for US voting rights bill

‘Incoherent, incorrect’: McConnell dismisses Biden’s push for US voting rights bill

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Senate Republican leader calls US president's speech a rant', underscoring the difficulty Democrats face getting legislation through Congress

Top Republican senator Mitch McConnell has attacked Joe Biden's push for a voting rights bill, underscoring the difficulty the Democrats face attempting to steer legislation through Congress with a narrow majority.

The US president has called for his party to jettison the Senate's longstanding filibuster" rule, which requires 60 of the 100 senators to agree to advance most legislation, a move that McConnell said would irreparably damage the chamber.

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