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  Senate Dems hunt for new elections reform strategy after failed vote
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Last EditedWA Indy  Oct 20, 2021 04:13pm
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AuthorMarianne Levine and Zach Montellaro
News DateWednesday, October 20, 2021 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionSenate Democrats are searching for an elusive plan C on elections and ethics reform after facing yet another setback Wednesday.

In a 49-51 vote, the Senate failed to move forward on Democrats' latest elections reform bill, which amounted to an intra-party compromise between Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and a group of seven Democratic senators. While Manchin spent weeks seeking GOP input, in the end no Republicans voted to begin consideration of the legislation, effectively killing the bill in the Senate.
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