Federal voting rights push nears quiet end: The Note

Democrats' effort to pass federal voting legislation seems headed to a quiet but predictable end as Senate Republicans are expected to block another attempt this week.

The TAKE with Rick Klein

The long and not-that-winding road for Congress to pursue voting rights reform this year is about to come to a quiet and predictable end.

If, as seems almost certain, Senate Republicans block the latest attempt by Democrats to pass a voting bill at the federal level this week, the inaction will stand despite a flurry of new state laws that will make voting more cumbersome next year.

Most have come in GOP-controlled states and were inspired at least in part by the "big lie" about the last election that former President Donald Trump continues to push.