Sinema holds firm in support of the filibuster, imperiling late voting rights push

“My opinion is that legislation that is crafted together, in a bipartisan way, is the legislation that’s most likely to pass and stand the test of time,” she said. “And I would certainly encourage my colleagues to use that effort to move forward.”

Asked about potential modifications to Senate rules — such as an exception to the filibuster for voting rights matters — Sinema cast doubt on whether such a maneuver would be workable.

“That caveat — ‘if it would even work’ — is the right question to ask,” she said.

The new statements come as Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other Democratic senators are strategizing with the White House, Vice President Harris and civil rights leaders over how to push voting rights legislation forward quickly after the Senate clears President Biden’s $2 trillion domestic policy agenda.