Congressional Democrats reintroduced the Freedom to Vote Act, which failed to pass last year.

Legislative battles are fronts in a larger—and winnable—ideological war.

The party is left mulling the way forward, given the intransigence of Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.

The upper chamber’s alternative to the For the People Act does not include any of that bill’s safeguards against the abuses of the Trump era.

Democrats scaled back their ambitions to create a measure that Republicans might support. If it fails, they’ll either have to break the filibuster—or give up.