RALLYING FOR SUPPORT US President Joe Biden speaks to reporters after a meeting with Senate Democrats in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. Biden has called on his fellow Democrats to go around Republican opposition, do away with the 60-vote threshold for advancing legislation in the Senate and pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom To Vote Act. The strategy is in doubt due to opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ). AFP PHOTO
RALLYING FOR SUPPORT US President Joe Biden speaks to reporters after a meeting with Senate Democrats in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. Biden has called on his fellow Democrats to go around Republican opposition, do away with the 60-vote threshold for advancing legislation in the Senate and pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom To Vote Act. The strategy is in doubt due to opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ). AFP PHOTO

WASHINGTON, United States: President Joe Biden negotiated into the evening Thursday (Friday in Manila) with two holdout senators from his own party to try and save his beleaguered voting rights bill on a day that also saw him get a stinging setback on Covid-fighting strategy.

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