Curbing meat prices - Theranos trial verdict - Filibuster reform push

Senate Majority Leader Schumer announced that the Senate will vote on changing its own rules on or before 17 January, the federal Martin Luther King Jr Day holiday, if Republicans continue to [block election reform bills]. The deadline appears part of a concerted effort to use [this week’s commemorations for the anniversary of the U.S. Capitol riot].
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Sweeping voting rights reforms have stalled in the evenly split 50-50 Senate, repeatedly blocked by a Republican-led filibuster, leaving Democrats unable to find the 60 votes needed to advance. Although Schumer’s words were ostensibly aimed at Republicans, there is little prospect of any members of that party shifting their position.
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But Schumer’s true target is likely to be Democratic holdouts Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, who have resisted abolishing or changing the filibuster. The senators contend that if and when Republicans take control of the chamber, they could use the lower voting threshold to advance bills Democrats oppose.