Democrats cut deal with Manchin to get party behind long-shot voting overhaul bill - CNN

Plus Democrats lack the votes to change the rules and weaken the filibuster as many in their party want them to do, meaning the plan is expected to stall when the Senate casts a procedural vote on the matter next week.

The proposal, which will be introduced by Senate Rules Chair Amy Klobuchar, also has the endorsement of Sen.

Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who had been the lone member of his caucus to oppose his party's more sweeping overhaul -- known as the For the People Act -- which passed the House earlier this year.

The other Democratic senators who are co-sponsors include Sens.

Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Tim Kaine of Virginia, Jon Tester of Montana, Alex Padilla of California and Raphael Warnock, the Georgia freshman who faces a potentially tough reelection fight next year.