Filibuster fight comes full circle as GOP faces internal pressure on elections bill

Senate Republicans are facing a full-circle moment on the filibuster.

Four years ago, the GOP stood united against a failed attempt by Democrats to sidestep the chamber’s 60-vote supermajority requirement and pass a voting-rights bill demanded by their party base. Now — with their own trifecta and their own elections bill at issue — Republicans are under pressure to do much the same.

The shoe-on-the-other-foot moment is being fueled by a cadre of hard-right senators arguing forcefully...