Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, says the senate democratic leader is "hellbent" to try and break the Senate by easing the filibuster rules, and any move to that end would be, "genuine radicalism."

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the Senate will vote soon on easing the filibuster rules.

In a letter on Monday to colleagues, Schumer said the Senate "must evolve" and will "debate and consider" the rule changes by January 17th, as the Democrats seek to overcome Republican opposition to their elections law package.

Schumer wrote, "Let me be clear: January 6th was a symptom of a broader illness - an effort to delegitimize our election process, and the Senate must advance systemic democracy reforms to repair our republic or else the events of that day will not be an aberration - they will be the new norm."

The election and voting rights package has been stalled in the evenly split 50-50 Senate, blocked by a Republican-led filibuster with Democrats unable to mount the 60 votes needed to advance it toward passage.

Senator Joe Manchin sounded a skeptical note Tuesday about the prospects of easing the Senate's filibuster rules, raising doubts about whether he will provide crucial support to the Democrats' renewed push to advance stalled voting legislation they say is needed to protect democracy.