By Rashard Rose and Shawna Mizelle, CNN Former President Barack Obama is calling on the Senate to “do the right thing” and pass voting rights legislation, backing President Joe Biden’s push to change Senate filibuster rules to do so.
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Obama backs Biden's call to change Senate rules to pass voting rights in op-ed
By Maegan Vazquez and Jeremy Diamond, CNN President Joe Biden is traveling to Atlanta on Tuesday to deliver a major speech on voting rights, looking to turn up the heat on reluctant senators as Democrats face pressure to pass two pieces of pending legislation opposed by nearly all Republicans on Cap…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to use a speech in Georgia to throw his support behind changing the Senate’s filibuster rules to allow action on voting rights legislation,
ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden will use a speech in Georgia to endorse changing Senate rules that have stalled voting rights legislation, saying it’s time to choose “democracy over
President Biden on Tuesday will "forcefully advocate" for Congress to pass two pieces of legislation to strengthen voting rights and will discuss potential alterations to the Senate filibuster during what he views as a pivotal moment for
The president has been under increasing pressure to more aggressively combat threats to voting rights. And advocates say speeches are not a substitute for legislative action.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has given Republicans until Jan. 17 to drop their opposition to voting rights legislation, or face a vote on changing the filibuster rule.
President Biden on Tuesday is expected to endorse making changes to the Senate filibuster in order to push through federal voting rights legislation, and warn that the tool has "injured the body enormously" and contributed to "abhorrent" GOP obstruction of the measure, a White House official said.
President Joe Biden says that he supports changing Senate rules in order to pass voting rights legislation, saying changing the rules would be to protect the “heart and soul of our democracy.”
In an address in Atlanta, the president will seek to swing momentum behind voting rights bills that have stalled in Congress due to near-unified Republican opposition.
President Biden on Tuesday plans to tell Americans he “will not flinch” in supporting Senate Democrats’ moves to blow up the chamber’s filibuster rules to pass a partisan overhaul of election laws.
President Joe Biden called for an end to the Senate filibuster during a visit to Atlanta’s Morehouse College campus, arguing Senate Democrats can push past GOP opposition now blocking major voting rights legislation.
Utah’s two Republican senators condemned Democrats’ effort to eliminate the Senate filibuster as President Joe Biden said Tuesday there is "no option" but to eliminate the rule to pave the way for passing sweeping voting rights legislation.
In a speech in Georgia, President Biden called for passage of voting rights reforms, including if necessary, getting rid of congressional rules that require 60 senators to support most legislation.
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