Senate Republicans Filibuster Democrats’ Latest Election Bill

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 05: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) addresses reporters following a weekly Republican policy luncheon as (L-R) Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), Sen. John Thune (R-SD), Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) look on in the U.S. Capitol on October 05, 2021 in Washington, DC. During their news conference McConnell reiterated his belief that the Senate should pass legislation to raise the federal debt-limit through reconciliation. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Senate Republicans on Nov. 3 filibustered an election bill put forward by Democrats, continuing a longstanding division between the two parties on voting-related legislation.

The mostly party-line vote saw only one defection, as Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) joined Democrats in support of the bill, and is now the only Republican lawmaker to lend support to any of Democrats’ election bills. Vice President Kamala Harris presided over the vote.