Washington DC – The Senate is considering the For the People Act on Tuesday. If passed, the bill would ensure a number of voter protections, but the odds of overcoming the filibuster are slim.

Senate Democrats are poised to hold a test vote on S1, also known as the For the People Act (FTPA), a landmark voting rights bill that would create automatic voter registration, restore the voting rights of the formerly incarcerated, expand early voting, and restrict partisan gerrymandering, among other provisions.

Voting rights advocates across the country praise the measures to expand ballot access, but Republicans remain firmly opposed to the bill's passage, the New York Times reported.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican of Kentucky, claimed the FTPA was merely intended to cement Democratic gains: "The real driving force behind S. 1 is the desire to rig the rules of American elections permanently, permanently in Democrats’ favor. That’s why the Senate will give this disastrous proposal no quarter."

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Even some Democrats have expressed skepticism over the bill. After West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin announced he did not support the FTPA as written, he came out with his own list of proposals, removing provisions for public campaign financing and preserving some voter ID requirements.

Manchin's compromise received approval from former President Barack Obama and voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams, but Republicans say they still won't budge in their opposition to electoral reforms.

At this point, it seems there is no path forward for the FTPA without overhauling the filibuster. Republicans are expected to use the filibuster to block debate and effectively kill the bill.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki acknowledged that the FTPA would not pass, but hoped the vote might "change the conversation on the Hill" around the filibuster.

Her comment comes as an increasing number of Democratic senators and progressive activists are calling for an end to the filibuster.

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But getting enough votes to put a stop to the filibuster also seems unlikely, as moderates like Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have spoken out in favor of maintaining the 60-vote threshold needed to end debate. In a leaked call with billionaire donors, Manchin did express more willingness to make smaller reforms, such as dropping the number of necessary votes from 60 to 55, but he does not support removing the filibuster altogether.

It remains to be seen whether the stalemate around the FTPA will spark action on filibuster reform. In the meantime, the bill's fate seems all but certain.