{"id":310418,"date":"2021-03-25T15:16:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T19:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=310418"},"modified":"2021-03-25T15:16:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T19:16:33","slug":"biden-says-he-supports-ending-filibuster-cites-abusive-use-by-democrats-during-trump-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-he-supports-ending-filibuster-cites-abusive-use-by-democrats-during-trump-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Says He Supports Ending Filibuster, Cites \u2018Abusive\u2019 Use By Democrats During Trump Term"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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-says-he-supports-ending-filibuster-cites-abusive-use-by-democrats-during-trump-term%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=310418&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3503.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden said, in his press conference on Thursday, that he supports Democrats\u2019 efforts to end the filibuster, and claimed that the procedural tool had been \u201cabused\u201d when used 250 times last year \u2014 though he neglected to mention that Democrats, not Republicans, were responsible for those filibusters.<\/p>\n<p>Biden pivoted to speaking about the filibuster after being asked about the status of landmark legislation he\u2019d proposed, including H.R. 1, the \u201cFor the People Act,\u201d a major overhaul of the electoral system, federalizing the process and forcing states to implement changes to their voting, balloting, and voter registration systems.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Biden specifically suggested returning to the \u201ctalking filibuster,\u201d where filibustering legislators are required to hold the floor in order to prevent a vote, sometimes for hours at a time.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cWith regard to the filibuster, I believe we should go back to a position with the filibuster that existed when I came to the United States Senate <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">120<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">years<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> ago,\u201d he joked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He then turned serious, calling the filibuster \u201ca relic of the Jim Crow era,\u201d but stopping short of demanding its end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI strongly support moving in that direction,\u201d Biden said. \u201cIn addition to having an open mind about dealing with certain things that are just elemental to the functioning of our democracy, like the right to vote. Like the basic right to vote. We\u2019ve amended the filibuster in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to get a lot done, and if we have to, if there\u2019s complete lockdown and chaos as a consequence of the filibuster, then we\u2019ll have to go beyond what I\u2019m talking about,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also suggested that he believed the filibuster had been \u201cabused\u201d in the past, noting that, last year, the vote-delay method had been \u201cabused in a gigantic way,\u201d and that it had been used \u201c250 times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He neglected to add that last year, his predecessor, President Donald Trump, was in office, and Democrats, who held a slim minority in the Senate, were then the difficult party, using the filibuster to block Republicans from passing Trump administration-supported legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate actually engaged in \u201crecord-breaking\u201d gridlock under Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/06\/08\/senate-record-breaking-gridlocktrump-303811\">according to Politico<\/a>, with an astounding 314 cloture votes blocking Trump agenda items and nominees, all from Democrats. President Barack Obama, for comparison, faced just 175 cloture votes.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, however, wants an easier time than his predecessor had.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got the get to the place where I get 50 votes so the vice president of the United States can break the tie or 51 without her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>During his hour-long press conference Thursday \u2014 the first of his term, nearly two months after he took office \u2014 Biden largely addressed his administrative priorities, announcing major new legislation on infrastructure, and pressing for support on his immigration and voter rights plans. He did not address the COVID-19 pandemic beyond suggesting that his administration was meeting and exceeding vaccination goals, and did not go into specifics on jobs or the economy. He did not address the child migrant crisis along the border in great detail, other than to say it was being managed.<\/p>\n<p>He did, surprisingly, tell reporters that he plans to run for re-election to the White House in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden said, in his press conference on Thursday, that he supports Democrats\u2019 efforts to end the filibuster, and claimed that the procedural tool had been \u201cabused\u201d when used &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311148,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3503.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Says He Supports Ending Filibuster, Cites \u2018Abusive\u2019 Use By Democrats During Trump Term","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-310418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3503.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Says He Supports Ending Filibuster, Cites \u2018Abusive\u2019 Use By Democrats During Trump Term","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}