WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are on the verge of handing President Joe Biden another defeat as they take up voting-rights legislation with extraordinarily long odds in the evenly divided chamber.
The legislation’s fate, which will be sealed when at least two Democrats vote as expected against changing Senate rules to ease its passage, shatters yet another party goal and underscores the difficulty of pursuing the party’s priorities with the narrowest of congressional majorities.
Democrats say their move will put every senator on the record on a bill written to expand ballot access. But it also highlights fractures within the party as Democrats head into an election year in a climate that strongly favors Republicans.
