ToplineSen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) was censured by the Arizona Democratic Party Saturday, three days after she voted not to change Senate filibuster rules, crushing Democrats’ hopes of passing voting rights legislation. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) attends a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee ... [+] on Capitol Hill on October 06, 2021. Wednesday, Sinema rejected the rules change President Joe Biden and Democrats’ had sought to close the debate on the voting rights bill with a simple majority instead of having to meet the normal 60-vote threshold. Though Sinema supports the voting rights bill, she said last week on the Senate floor that changing the filibuster would only cause further division in the country. Further ReadingSen. Kyrsten Sinema formally censured by Arizona Democratic Party (ABC News)Senate Democrats Fail To Advance Voting Rights Bill — And Fall Short Of Changing Filibuster (Forbes)Sinema Won’t Support Eliminating Filibuster—Effectively Killing Democrats’ Voting Rights Bill (Forbes)

Source: Forbes January 22, 2022 21:43 UTC