As_CJS expected_VVN ,_PUN debate_NN1 on_PRP a_AT0 bill_NN1 to_TO0 protect_VVI voting_NN1 rights_NN2 was_VBD blocked_VVN in_PRP the_AT0 U.S._NP0 Senate_NN1 on_PRP Tuesday_NP0 when_CJS the_AT0 Democratic_AJ0 sponsors_NN2 failed_VVD to_TO0 garner_VVI 60_CRD votes_NN2 ._SENT But_CJC in_PRP reaching_VVG out_AVP to_PRP centrist_AJ0 Sen._NP0 Joe_NP0 Manchin_NP0 III_CRD (_PUL replaced-dns_NN2 ._SENT )_PUR ,_PUN Senate_NN1 Democrats_NN2 indicated_VVD that_CJT they_PNP were_VBD open_AJ0 to_TO0 compromise_VVI ._SENT The_AT0 shameful_AJ0 reaction_NN1 of_PRF Senate_NN1 Republicans_NN2 ,_PUN on_PRP the_AT0 other_AJ0 hand_NN1 ,_PUN demonstrated_VVD that_CJT they_PNP are_VBB willing_AJ0 to_TO0 ignore_VVI laws_NN2 approved_VVN by_PRP GOP-controlled_AJ0 legislatures_NN2 that_CJT make_VVB voting_NN1 harder_AV0 ._SENT Those_DT0 measures_NN2 reflect_VVB the_AT0 lingering_AJ0 malign_AJ0 influence_NN1 of_PRF Donald_NP0 Trump_NP0 's_POS Big_AJ0 Lie_NN1 that_CJT the_AT0 2020_CRD election_NN1 was_VBD stolen_VVN ._SENT Earlier_AV0 on_PRP Tuesday_NP0 ,_PUN Senate_NN1 Minority_NN1 Leader_NN1 Mitch_NP0 McConnell_NP0 (_PUL R-Ky_NP0 ._SENT )_PUR said_VVD that_CJT Democrats_NN2 were_VBD aiming_VVG to_TO0 "_PUQ tilt_VVI every_AT0 election_NN1 in_PRP America_NP0 permanently_AV0 in_PRP their_DPS favor_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ That_DT0 was_VBD an_AT0 unfair_AJ0 ,_PUN even_AV0 outrageous_AJ0 ,_PUN characterization_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 Democrats_NN2 '_POS proposal_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 ambitious_AJ0 For_PRP the_AT0 People_NN0 Act_NN1 ,_PUN not_XX0 to_TO0 mention_VVI an_AT0 exercise_NN1 in_PRP projection_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 For_PRP the_AT0 People_NN0 Act_NN1 in_PRP its_DPS Senate_NN1 and_CJC House_NN1 versions_NN2 was_VBD arguably_AV0 too_AV0 large_AJ0 and_CJC complicated_AJ0 a_AT0 piece_NN1 of_PRF legislation_NN1 ,_PUN stitching_VVG together_AV0 a_AT0 multitude_NN1 of_PRF proposals_NN2 including_PRP disclosure_NN1 requirement_NN1 for_PRP political_AJ0 contributions_NN2 ,_PUN public_AJ0 financing_NN1 of_PRF congressional_AJ0 elections_NN2 and_CJC even_AV0 an_AT0 ethics_NN0 code_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 Supreme_AJ0 Court_NN1 ._SENT Its_DPS key_AJ0 provisions_NN2 ,_PUN however_AV0 ,_PUN rightly_AV0 sought_VVN to_TO0 enhance_VVI democracy_NN1 and_CJC shore_NN1 up_PRP the_AT0 right_NN1 to_TO0 vote_VVI ._SENT The_AT0 bill_NN1 required_VVN states_NN2 to_TO0 offer_VVI 15_CRD days_NN2 of_PRF early_AJ0 voting_NN1 ,_PUN allow_VVB wide_AJ0 use_NN1 of_PRF mail-in_AJ0 ballots_NN2 and_CJC entrust_VVB congressional_AJ0 redistricting_NN1 to_PRP independent_AJ0 commissions_NN2 ,_PUN as_CJS is_VBZ done_VDN in_PRP California_NP0 ._SENT Manchin_NP0 said_VVD this_DT0 month_NN1 that_CJT he_PNP could_VM0 n't_XX0 support_VVI the_AT0 For_PRP the_AT0 People_NN0 Act_NN1 ._SENT But_CJC last_ORD week_NN1 he_PNP proposed_VVD a_AT0 number_NN1 of_PRF changes_NN2 that_CJT should_VM0 have_VHI attracted_VVN bipartisan_AJ0 support_NN1 ._SENT Some_DT0 of_PRF Manchin_NP0 's_POS ideas_NN2 ,_PUN such_DT0 as_PRP a_AT0 requirement_NN1 for_PRP early_AJ0 voting_NN1 ,_PUN overlapped_VVD the_AT0 provisions_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 For_PRP the_AT0 People_NN0 Act_NN1 ._SENT Others_NN2 ,_PUN such_DT0 as_PRP his_DPS proposal_NN1 for_PRP absentee_NN1 ballots_NN2 ,_PUN were_VBD more_AV0 restrictive_AJ0 ._SENT He_PNP also_AV0 proposed_VVD making_VVG election_NN1 day_NN1 a_AT0 holiday_NN1 and_CJC ,_PUN in_PRP a_AT0 gesture_NN1 to_PRP Republicans_NN2 ,_PUN requiring_VVG that_CJT voters_NN2 supply_VVB identification_NN1 (_PUL but_CJC not_XX0 necessarily_AV0 photo_NN1 ID_NN1 )_PUR ._SENT Manchin_NP0 's_POS proposals_NN2 were_VBD welcomed_VVN by_PRP Stacey_NP0 Abrams_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 former_DT0 candidate_NN1 for_PRP governor_NN1 of_PRF Georgia_NP0 and_CJC a_AT0 voting_NN1 rights_NN2 activist_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC by_PRP former_DT0 President_NP0 Obama_NP0 ._SENT Majority_NN1 Leader_NN1 Charles_NP0 E_NP0 ._SENT Schumer_NP0 's_POS willingness_NN1 to_TO0 have_VHI the_AT0 Senate_NN1 consider_VVI Manchin_NP0 's_POS ideas_NN2 led_VVD the_AT0 West_NP0 Virginia_NP0 senator_NN1 to_TO0 join_VVI all_DT0 49_CRD of_PRF his_DPS Democratic_AJ0 colleagues_NN2 in_PRP voting_NN1 to_TO0 advance_VVI debate_NN1 ._SENT Republicans_NN2 were_VBD n't_XX0 willing_AJ0 even_AV0 to_TO0 debate_VVI the_AT0 bill_NN1 ,_PUN or_CJC offer_NN1 amendments_NN2 ._SENT In_PRP addition_NN1 to_PRP accusing_VVG Democrats_NN2 of_PRF a_AT0 power_NN1 play_NN1 ,_PUN Republicans_NN2 have_VHB claimed_VVN that_CJT Democratic_AJ0 election_NN1 bills_NN2 are_VBB an_AT0 attempt_NN1 to_TO0 "_PUQ federalize_VVI "_PUQ elections_NN2 ._SENT 
