President Joe Biden says he supports making an exception to the Senate filibuster rules in order to pass voting rights legislation
"If the only thing standing between getting voting rights legislation passed and not getting passed is the filibuster, I support making the exception of voting rights for the filibuster," Biden told ABC News' David Muir in an interview that aired Thursday morning.It's the most direct answer Biden has given on his position on the filibuster and voting rights.
In a letter sent to Democratic colleagues dated Monday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that the Senate will consider voting rights legislation once Congress resumes in January,"as early as the first week back." He also suggested that the Senate would consider a vote on changing the filibuster rules.
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