Senate set to take showdown vote in bitter battle over voting rights

The Senate is slated to hold a key procedural vote Tuesday on the Democrats' "For the People Act" election reform bill Republicans are expected to be able to block.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday the Biden administration's fight for voting rights is not over -- "no matter the outcome" -- as Senate Republicans were poised to block Democrats' landmark legislation on voting rights later in the day. Key Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., told ABC News Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott, "We've just got to keep working." The Senate is set to take a showdown procedural vote on a sweeping voting rights bill election -- a top priority for congressional Democrats and President Joe Biden -- but it appears Republicans will succeed in blocking the For the People Act from moving forward. Despite Democrats not having the 60 votes necessary to overcome a GOP filibuster in order to open debate on the revised version of the S.1 elections reform bill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he's holding the vote, so even if it fails as expected, it will show Americans that congressional Republicans are actively making it harder for people to vote.