“The next few days, when these bills come to a vote, will mark a turning point in this nation,” Biden said, speaking in Georgia Tuesday, referring to a pair of proposals expected to reach the Senate floor in the next week.
President Biden formally endorsed a change to Senate rules that would ease the passage of new voting rights legislation, but work remains to convince every Democratic senator to support the plan.
Visiting Atlanta with Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden stressed many of the same points about democracy being under attack that he made last week“Sadly, the United States Senate, designed to be the world’s greatest deliberative body, has been rendered a shell of its former self,” he said. “Anti-voter laws are not new in our nation, but we must not be deceived into thinking they are normal,” Harris said, speaking before Biden, adding, “The proponents of these laws are not only putting in place obstacles to the ballot box, they are also working to interfere in our elections to get the outcomes they want and discredit those that they don’t. That is not how a democracy should work.”
Recently, both parties have changed the number of necessary votes for nominations from the White House, which previously sat at 60. In 2013, Senate Democrats reduced the votes necessary to confirm judges and executive branch appointees — except for Supreme Court justices — to a simple majority. In 2017, Republicans removed that exception, allowing nominees to the nation’s highest court to also be confirmed with 51 votes.
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