How Blackburn, Hagerty voted on voting rights bill debate
Vice President Kamala Harris, joined at left by Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., leaves the Senate chamber following the procedural vote on the For the People Act, a sweeping bill that would overhaul the election system and voting rights, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The motion to proceed to debate failed. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
In a 50-50 party line procedural vote, Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty of Tennessee remained vocal critics of the bill that passed the majority Democratic House in March.
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