{"id":1533481,"date":"2022-06-30T11:19:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T15:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1533481"},"modified":"2022-06-30T11:19:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T15:19:20","slug":"biden-announces-support-for-ending-the-filibuster-to-pass-pro-abortion-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-announces-support-for-ending-the-filibuster-to-pass-pro-abortion-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Announces Support for Ending the Filibuster to Pass Pro-Abortion Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-announces-support-for-ending-the-filibuster-to-pass-pro-abortion-legislation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1533481&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> announced Thursday would support ending the 60-vote Senate filibuster to pass bills to allow abortions at the federal level.<\/p>\n<p>During his campaign, Biden said that he wanted to keep the filibuster. When he entered office, Biden affirmed his support for the Senate rule.<\/p>\n<p>Biden was asked during the NATO summit in Spain on Thursday about keeping the rule in the midst of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. He said that the only way to respond is by Congress passing a law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe foremost thing we should do is make it clear how outrageous this decision was,\u201d Biden said. \u201cI believe we have to codify Roe v. Wade in the law, and the way to do that is to make sure that Congress votes to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if the filibuster gets in the way, it\u2019s like voting rights, we should require an exception to the filibuster for this action,\u201d added Biden,\u00a0who has threatened to use the filibuster on several occasions for bills when he was a senator.<\/p>\n<p>In January of this year, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6138696\/joe-biden-voting-rights-filibuster\/\">said<\/a> he would support ending the filibuster to pass what Democrats have described as a voting-rights bill. Democrats currently have a razor-thin, 50\u201350 majority in the Senate, with Vice President Kamala Harris serving as a tie-breaker.<\/p>\n<p>And last week, Biden called on Congress to codify Roe v. Wade after the Supreme Court decision and called on Americans to turn up en masse at the polls to vote in favor of ostensibly Democrat candidates who favor allowing abortions.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court, in a 5\u20134 ruling, overturned the 1973 Roe decision, which argued that women have a constitutional right to obtain an abortion. Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito last week said that it is only legislatures\u2014not courts\u2014that have the power to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden announced Thursday would support ending the 60-vote Senate filibuster to pass bills to allow abortions at the federal level. During his campaign, Biden said that he wanted to keep the filibuster. When he entered office, Biden affirmed his support for the Senate rule. 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