News Senate Democrats fail to advance voting rights legislation and changes to filibuster January 19, 2022January 20, 2022Savannah Behrmann and Ledyard King, USA TODAYComments Off on Senate Democrats fail to advance voting rights legislation and changes to filibuster Republicans oppose the voting rights law, a Biden priority. In an evenly split, 50-50 Senate, Democrats don't have the votes to overcome a filibuster.