President Biden
Joe BidenKentucky lawmaker faces scrutiny for comparing Fauci to Jonestown cult leader Omar leads lawmakers in calling for US envoy to combat Islamophobia Public charter schools group blasts proposed Democratic cut MORE on Wednesday pushed back on calls from some progressives to do away with the filibuster or making an exception for voting rights legislation, even as he called efforts by Republican state legislatures to restrict ballot access "Jim Crow on steroids."
"I’ve been saying for a long, long time the abuse of the filibuster is pretty overwhelming," Biden said at a CNN town hall in Ohio, reiterating his belief that the Senate should return to the talking filibuster that requires a lawmaker to stand on the floor to block legislation.
"I would go back to that where you have to maintain the floor," Biden said. "You have to stand there and talk and hold the floor."
But pressed by moderator Don Lemon
Don Carlton LemonBiden to participate in CNN town hall in Ohio Fauci: 'Go the extra mile' and wear mask in places with low vaccination rates Gwen Berry on if she would protest on Olympic podium: 'We'll see' MORE about calls from voting rights advocates and some Democrats to get rid of the filibuster for an issue as urgent as voting rights, Biden said he was still holding out hope Republicans would get on board to make the legislation bipartisan and warned gutting the filibuster would throw Congress into "chaos."
"I want to make sure we bring along not just all the Democrats, we bring along Republicans who I know know better," Biden said. "They know better than this. And what I don’t want to do is get wrapped up right now in the argument whether or not this is all about the filibuster.
"Look, the American public, you can’t stop them from voting… But what I want to do is, I’m trying to bring the country together," Biden continued. "And I don’t want the debate to only be about whether or not we have a filibuster, or exceptions to the filibuster, or going back to the way the filibuster had to be used before."
Biden's optimism that Republicans may come around on federal voting rights legislation is at odds with the views of lawmakers in Congress; the For The People Act, a sweeping elections reform bill Democrats have talked up as a top legislative priority, failed to garner a single GOP vote in a Senate vote earlier this month and does not appear to have a path to passage.
The John Lewis
John LewisFemale activists march on Capitol in push for voting rights Biden calls for voting rights passage on anniversary of John Lewis's death Congress can honor the legacy of John Lewis with voting rights protections MORE Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would restore the formula that required states and jurisdictions with noted histories of racial voting discrimination to get any new voting laws first approved by the Justice Department, also lacks sufficient GOP support in the Senate.
Progressives have argued the Senate should nix the 60-vote threshold required to advance legislation, or at least provide a carve out for voting rights.
Biden delivered a major speech on the need to protect voting rights in Philadelphia last week, where he called on Congress to pass voting rights legislation and decried rhetoric from former President Trump
Donald TrumpOn The Money: Schumer pressured from all sides on spending strategy | GOP hammers HUD chief over sluggish rental aid | Democrat proposes taxes on commercial space flights Overnight Health Care: Fauci clashes with Paul - again | New York reaches .1B settlement with opioid distributors | Delta variant accounts for 83 percent of US COVID-19 cases Overnight Defense: Military justice overhaul included in defense bill | Pentagon watchdog to review security of 'nuclear football' | Pentagon carries out first air strike in Somalia under Biden MORE and his allies questioning the results of the 2020 election as an existential threat to democracy. But he did not mention the filibuster at all, a point of contention with progressives and voting rights advocates.
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