{"id":910461,"date":"2021-10-22T15:44:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T19:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=910461"},"modified":"2021-10-22T15:44:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T19:44:39","slug":"biden-indicates-hes-open-to-eliminating-filibuster-for-voting-reform-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-indicates-hes-open-to-eliminating-filibuster-for-voting-reform-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden indicates he\u2019s open to eliminating filibuster for voting reform legislation"},"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\">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-indicates-hes-open-to-eliminating-filibuster-for-voting-reform-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=910461&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 id=\"attachment_2558351\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2558351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall at Baltimore Center Stage in Baltimore, Maryland on October 21, 2021.(Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:24 PM PT \u2013 Friday, October 22, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Joe Biden has indicated he\u2019s open to eliminating the filibuster to pass voting reform legislation.<\/p>\n<p>During a town hall on Thursday, Biden acknowledged he would consider getting rid of the filibuster for voting legislation and \u201cmaybe more.\u201d He suggested more Democrats may come out in favor of scrapping the rule if Republicans use the filibuster to block legislation to raise the debt ceiling in December.<\/p>\n<p>Biden said \u201cat some point\u201d the filibuster will have to be fundamentally altered, but didn\u2019t specify if that means reforming it or eliminating it altogether.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, that remains to be seen. Exactly what that means in terms of fundamentally altering or whether or not we just end the filibuster straight up. There\u2019s certain things that are just sacred rights. One\u2019s a sacred obligation that we\u2019re getting out of debt,\u201d said Biden.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> after endorsing the return of the talking filibuster: &#8220;But I also think we\u2019re going to have to move to the point where we fundamentally alter the filibuster.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UTJmuq4owq\">https:\/\/t.co\/UTJmuq4owq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I8x4XYNBWp\">pic.twitter.com\/I8x4XYNBWp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IndivisiBoo \ud83d\udc7b Guide (@IndivisibleTeam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndivisibleTeam\/status\/1451363928324325376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden also said he would lose three votes in the Senate Democrat Caucus regarding his economic and foreign policy plans if he sought to eliminate the filibuster at this moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf in fact I get myself into at this moment a debate on the filibuster, I lose at least three votes right now to get what I have to get done on the economic side of the equation, foreign policy side of the equation,\u201d Biden said when questioned on the issue during the town hall.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/calif-family-found-dead-on-hiking-trail-died-of-extreme-heat\/\">Calif. 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