Manchin to Vote Yes on Motion to Debate Sweeping Election Bill

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) talks to reporters as he departs the U.S. Capitol after a vote in the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 10, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Senate Democrats have succeeded in convincing Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to vote to advance a broad election reform bill to a debate on the Senate floor.

Manchin said in a statement that he has been working for weeks to “eliminate the far reaching provisions” of S.1, also known as the For the People Act.