Senate Republicans poised to block Democrats' sweeping election reform bill

A sweeping election reform bill that Democrats have pegged as their top legislative priority is expected to go down in defeat Tuesday in the Senate as Republicans are prepared to use the legislative filibuster to stop any debate on the For the People Act from going forward. 

But Republicans are expected to deny Democrats the 60 votes necessary to move forward, dealing the majority a significant blow and putting any hope of elections reform in limbo.  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., rallied GOP opposition by dubbing the legislation a "radical" partisan "power grab" designed to stop states from running their own elections. He accused Democrats of trying to "rig the rules of American elections permanently, permanently in Democrats' favor."