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01/03/2022

Schumer Says Senate to Vote on Changing Rules if GOP Continues to Block Voting-rights Legislation

The vote will come no later than the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) told colleagues Monday that the chamber would vote no later than the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on changing Senate rules if Republicans continue to block voting-rights legislation.

The announcement of the planned action by Jan. 17 represented Schumer’s strongest endorsement yet of trying to muscle through legislation that has been stymied because of Senate rules requiring a 60-vote threshold.

"We hope our Republican colleagues change course and work with us," Schumer said in a letter. "But if they do not, the Senate will debate and consider changes to Senate rules on or before January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to protect the foundation of our democracy: free and fair elections."

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