Yet some Dems think that an argument pegged to Jan. 6 could win over Sinema and Manchin, the party’s two major holdouts against making an end run around the filibuster to pass the voting bill.

Schumer has signaled that when the bill goes down, he will open a debate about changing Senate rules to enable passage of voting measures without the chamber’s 60-vote threshold. That debate, however, could push into next week, as the party puts the squeeze on Manchinema. WSJ’s Siobhan Hughes has more on the latest voting rights push.

WILL THIS WORK? Probably not. Manchin has been clear that any rule changes must be bipartisan — though CNN’s John Harwood has a piece up about why Democrats think they can change his mind in particular. Sinema has argued repeatedly that if Democrats go nuclear to pass voting rights, the GOP could do the same thing when they’re in power — and could use the lower vote threshold to scale back voting rights nationwide.

Still, Schumer has allies — and not just on the left.