Objective/Subjective
Opinion
Subjective
Sample
Source
Democracy Docket
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Senate Democrats have reached an agreement on a compromise piece of voting rights legislation, three months after consideration of S.1., the For the People Act
, was blocked by a Republican filibuster
. S. 2747
, the Freedom to Vote Act, was spearheaded in part by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) who had previously announced his opposition to the For the People Act
due to its lack of bipartisan support.