WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing stark criticism from civil rights leaders, senators return to Capitol Hill under intense pressure to change their rules and break a Republican filibuster that has hopelessly stalled voting legislation .

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U.S. Democrats to start voting rights showdown with no clear path to victory

Senators are returning to Washington under intense pressure to pass voting legislation in the face of stark criticism from civil rights leaders

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Sinema, Manchin slammed as Senate begins voting bill debate

By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's Democrats will bring their push to protect U.S. voting rights to the floor of the Senate this week, where it is roundly expected to fail in the face of united Republican opposition. The vote, which could come in days or weeks, may be the last chance for Biden to secure a new federal law to counter an onslaught of state limits to poll

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President Joe Biden and Democrats have turned their attention to voting rights as other parts of their agenda have stalled and ahead of the midterms.

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As the chamber returned after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer started debate on House-passed voting rights legislation and warned that "the eyes of the nation will be watching what happens this week in the United States Senate."

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AP Congressional CorrespondentWASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are returning to Washington under intense pressure to pass voting legislation in the face of stark criticism from civil rights leaders. The Senate is set to launch debate Tuesday after civil rights leaders implored them to change the rules and break a Republican-led filibuster that has stalled the voting bill. Attention is focused intently on Democrats Kyrsten Sinema of Ari…

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Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is finally giving his progressive colleagues a chance to vent their frustrations with Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) over the stalled Democratic agenda.

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Schumer prepares for Senate floor showdown with Manchin, Sinema

The Senate began debate on voting rights legislation for the first time this Congress. It is almost certainly doomed to fail.

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Senate begins debate on voting rights legislation

Senators will return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday and begin debating two different pieces of voting rights legislation that have stalled in the chamber -- amid intense pressure to change rules to break a GOP filibuster.

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