Arizona Democrats censured U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for declining to back measures that could have boosted the chances of passing a voting-rights bill backed by President Joe Biden.
Biden’s bid to push the legislation through the evenly divided Senate collapsed this week after Sinema and fellow Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia sided with Senate Republicans in not allowing a simple majority to pass the bill.
“While we take no pleasure in this announcement, the ADP Executive Board has decided to formally censure Senator Sinema as a result of her failure to do whatever it takes to ensure the health of our democracy,” state Democratic Party chair Raquel Teran said in a statement Saturday after an executive board vote.
