“Committed to support adjusting the Senate filibuster to pass federal voting rights legislation, saying he would prioritize protecting voting rights over preserving the filibuster if forced to choose between the two.”
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Both cited PRIMARY sources were WebFetched and verify the FULL rating for this promise. (1) The official Senate roll call (Vote 117-2-10, Jan. 19, 2022, 10:21 PM) confirms the exact Question — "On the Decision of the Chair (Shall the Decision of the Chair stand as the Judgement of the Senate)" — result 52 Yea / 48 Nay, chair sustained, with Coons (D-DE) voting Nay. This appeal arose on H.R. 5746, the shell bill carrying the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act; a Nay vote was the vote to overturn the chair and adjust the 60-vote filibuster to allow majority passage of voting-rights legislation. Coons therefore voted precisely as the promise describes. (2) The Coons Senate office press release contains the quoted floor statement verbatim, dated Jan. 19, 2022, documenting his commitment to choose voting rights over the filibuster if forced to choose. The reform failed only because Manchin and Sinema joined Republicans — entirely outside Coons's control — while Coons personally kept his commitment in full. FULL is correct (not CHAMPIONED, since he was a supporting convert rather than the rules-change driver; not ATTEMPTED, which would understate that he personally delivered the promised support).
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