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President Biden called for a change to the filibuster after months of activists pushing him to do so. However, some members of his party are hesitant to alter the rules.
President Joe Biden will use a speech in Georgia to endorse changing Senate filibuster rules that have stalled voting rights legislation, saying it’s time to choose “democracy over autocracy.”
At a news conference, Biden said he was determined to get things done in Congress, and the filibuster rule is an obstacle being abused "in a gigantic way."Liberals want to gut the rule to help ...
The Laken Riley Act defeated the legislative filibuster during a procedural vote on Thursday, amassing more than 60 votes to advance it to a final vote. The measure sailed past the filibuster by a ...
The filibuster—an extended speech designed to stall legislation—began at 8:54 p.m. [a] and lasted until 9:12 p.m. the following day, a duration of 24 hours and 18 minutes. This made the filibuster the longest single-person filibuster in United States Senate history, a record that still stands as of 2025.
With Democrats now holding the Senate majority, talk of eliminating the filibuster has ramped up. "A filibuster is really extended debate, extended amending activity, whatever it takes to block ...
Just minutes before Biden’s planned speech, the Democratic U.S. Senator from Arizona said again that she opposes changing the filibuster rule, suggesting the 60-vote rule forces bipartisan dialogue.
In a speech in Atlanta, the president said senators opposing the legislation were on the side of segregationists of the past. Biden Endorses Changing Senate Filibuster For Voting Rights Skip to ...