Biden: Not enough votes to change filibuster for abortion rights
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday there were not enough votes in the Senate to scrap a supermajority rule known as the filibuster to protect abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. "But right now, we don't have the votes in the Senate to change the filibuster," he added.
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U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday there were not enough votes in the Senate to scrap a supermajority rule known as the filibuster to protect abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
"As I said yesterday, the filibuster should not stand in the way of us being able to (codify Roe into federal law)," Biden told a virtual meeting of U.S. governors. "But right now, we don't have the votes in the Senate to change the filibuster," he added.
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