CNBC's Kayla Tausche reports President Biden suggested he may be open to reforming the legislative filibuster. He also said there's a need for the voting rights legislation that Democrats are pushing in the Senate. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: [ Ссылка ]
President Joe Biden signaled he may support scrapping, rather than reforming, the Senate filibuster if his priorities get held up in Congress.
“If we have to, if there’s complete lockdown and chaos as a consequence of the filibuster, then we’ll have to go beyond what I’m talking about,” he told reporters.
Biden has said he backs going back to a so-called talking filibuster, where lawmakers have to actively hold the Senate floor to block legislation. As of now, the Senate needs 60 votes to move ahead with a bill — which means Republicans can block the vast majority of bills in a chamber divided 50-50 by party.
The president did not explicitly say whether he thought it should take a simple majority to advance legislation in the Senate.
Democrats will have a hard time getting voting rights, climate change and gun safety bills through the Senate with the filibuster in place. They passed their $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan this year through budget reconciliation, which requires only a majority vote.
However, the Senate can only use the process once per fiscal year, and restrictions govern what lawmakers can put in reconciliation bills.
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