Biden spoke in Georgia as the Senate prepares to take up voting rights bills, which Republicans are poised to block.
Bypassing the filibuster to pass voting legislation gained traction within the party after Democrats temporarily changed Senate rules to increase the U.S. debt ceiling with a simple majority last month. While the party could pass a bill on its own if it scrapped the filibuster, at least two Democrats — Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona — have not supported a filibuster carveout.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., contended Tuesday that Schumer is pushing Democrats into"breaking their word" and"breaking the Senate" so that"one political party can take over our nation's elections from the top down." "Our democracy stands in its final hour," NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in a statement following Biden's speech.
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