Lessons from the Demise of a Voting Rights Bill

<p>The For the People Act, a bill created by House Democrats after the 2018 midterm elections, could have been the most sweeping expansion of voting rights in a generation.</p><p>On Tuesday night, however, Senate Republicans filibustered the bill before it could even be debated.</p><p>What lessons can we take from its demise? </p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/nicholas-fandos?smid=pc-thedaily">Nicholas Fandos</a>, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>By <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/us/politics/filibuster-voting-rights.html?smid=pc-thedaily">blocking the sweeping voting rights bill</a>, Republicans dealt a blow to Democrats’ attempts to counter a wave of state-level ballot restrictions, while also supercharging a campaign to end the legislative filibuster.</li><li>In the wake of the bill’s demise, Democrats and civil rights groups have <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/us/politics/voting-rights-bill-democrats.html?smid=pc-thedaily">reaffirmed their resolve to fight</a> for voting protections in Congress.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>