Senate Majority Leader Schumer says the Senate may vote on circumventing the filibuster by Martin Luther King Jr. Day if a voting bill hasn't passed.
WASHINGTON — Nearly one year after the Jan. 6 attack, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on Democratic colleagues to do whatever it takes to pass new voting and election laws to"save our democracy."
"Let me be clear: January 6th was a symptom of a broader illness — an effort to delegitimize our election process, and the Senate must advance systemic democracy reforms to repair our republic or else the events of that day will not be an aberration — they will be the new norm," Schumer, D-N.Y.
He said the Senate will seek bipartisan support for new legislation but promised consideration of rule changes"on or before January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day," to enable passage with a simple majority, rather than the 60 votes required under existing order.
He added that if states can impose new voting laws by a simple majority vote, the Senate should, too.Sahil Kapur is a senior national political reporter for NBC News.
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