The Guardian: Joe Manchin’s hard no on voting bill leaves Democrats seeking new path
“Republican intransigence on voting rights is not an excuse for inaction and Senator Manchin must wake up to this fact,” said Karen Hobart Flynn, the president of Common Cause, a government watchdog group, which backs the bill.
“If Senator Manchin thinks there should be more input from Republicans – as there was in last month’s Senate markup, when several Republican amendments were adopted by the committee – you do that by advancing the bill through the legislative process,” Stephen Spaulding, senior counsel for public policy and government affairs at Common Cause.
“Senator Manchin should vote to advance the bill to a full floor debate, and not filibuster the bill with his Republican colleagues.”