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McConnell Says No Republicans Will Support Manchin’s Possible Version Of Voting Rights Bill

Charlotte Pence Bond
McConnell Says No Republicans Will Support Manchin’s Possible Version Of Voting Rights Bill
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As Democrats play a game of back-and-forth with regard to voting rights legislation, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) signaled that members of his own party are still not open to a federal government overhaul of the election system, even if it is packaged as a compromise.

At a press conference on Thursday, McConnell said that Republicans would not back a version potentially proposed by Democratic Senator Joe Manchin (WV).

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