| Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) lambasted Republicans ahead of the vote for being unwilling to even debate voting rights and accused them of being in continued thrall to former president Donald Trump and his false claims of a stolen election. While many Democrats and liberal activists insist the fight is not over — pledging to launch a final, furious push over the coming weeks to change the Senate's rules to pass the bill — they face long odds, as key lawmakers have insisted they are not willing to eliminate the chamber's supermajority filibuster rule for legislation. |