Voting bill faces defeat in Senate as Manchin, Sinema won’t stop GOP filibuster

Christina Pascucci reports for the KTLA 5 News at 5 on Jan. 18, 2022.

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[JS-zbvv]

Typical media saying that the laws are restrictive !! Georgia expanded it voting!! Adding days and hours ! Even voting on Sunday at church!! Way more than most Democrat states !!

[taubevictor]

You need a I.D. to vote and be a American citizen

[dialsun]

Manchin and Sinema are GREAT AMERICAN HEROES AND HAVE SAVED THE

[OP-gxfy]

Stop waisting our tax dollars on this waste of time.

[thedenerad]

99 percent of these comments are from based Americans and I'm proud to say more and more people are waking up everyday

[PhookYoo]

I have to have my license to drive to the polls.

[savageinstitute]

I just had to show ID to buy a small can of paint.

[eddsoe]

1 day - VOTE or None ... period. No BS

[james]

Breaking news KTLA: ANYONE who is a US citizen that has a valid ID can vote…RIGHT NOW💯🤣💯

[Ottbucket]

That bill has zero to do with "Voting Rights"

[homiedclown]

I do wish to finally hear the coherent argument for voter ID laws being racist but vaccine passport laws are not

[stevengardner]

Voting, Americans have learned nothing from voting.

[chrisjohnson]

Write a standalone Bill making Election day a national holiday without anything else attached to it.

[frankloree]

Aren’t you required to show identification to sign up for public assistance??? Why not to vote!!!

[harryjove]

THANK YOU SENATOR MANCHIN AND SENATOR CINEMA FOR SAVING DEMOCRACY

[bronco]

Make it a VOTER ID bill and secure our elections.

[CallWakeUp]

You have the right to vote and no one is taking that away. Wake up, its part of a much bigger picture!

[kenjohnson]

Make them ALL vote!!
History will judge.

[dbplaypen]

Here's the problem. It's not just GOP opposition. You're losing old schools Dems too. Hyperbolic talk works in the news and social media, but not IRL.

[brendawhitney]

This is terrible, people need to educate themselves about words that are used to mislead them! Like, "for the children"! Unless you want the cheating to go on, this is an unwise bill.