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US Senate votes down major Biden voting rights reforms

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US senators dealt a death blow Wednesday to President Joe Biden's push to defend voting rights against what Democrats frame as an all-out assault by conservative states targeting racial minorities. Facing a Republican blockade, the ruling Democrats were unable to push through two major bills already passed by the House of Representatives, or trigger the "nuclear option" of doing away with the 60-vote threshold required to advance legislation in the 100-member chamber. SOUNDBITE

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