WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell held his entire Republican caucus together to effectively kill the Democrats’ highest legislative priority of the year, a transformative 888-page bill intended to make it easier to vote, rein in the wealthy’s impact on elections, and outlaw the gerrymandering process that constructs partisan congressional districts.
But Democrats stuck together, too, and after the defeat they universally vowed they’d just begun the fight.
While prospects for an overhaul of elections died legislatively with Tuesday’s 50-50 completely party line vote, Democrats and their progressive allies now intend to launch a multifaceted national political campaign that targets Republican senators, keeps the pressure on moderate Democrats and further villainizes the Senate Republican leader from Kentucky.
