President Biden shot down calls to abolish the filibuster to clear the way for passage of the sweeping Democrat-backed elections overhaul, arguing that any effort to end use of the tactic despite a GOP outcry would jeopardize his entire legislative agenda.
"There’s no reason to protect it, other than you’re going to throw the entire Congress into chaos and nothing will get done," he said."Nothing at all will get done. There’s a lot at stake. The most important one is the right to vote, that’s the single most important one."
Demands among progressives to abolish the filibuster have escalated since June, when Senate Republicans blocked consideration of the"For The People Act" after Democrats failed to secure the 60 votes required to overcome the filibuster. Biden is a staunch advocate of the bill, arguing it is a necessary check on election integrity bills in GOP-led states that the president has likened to"Jim Crow in the 21st Century.
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