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Biden: Not enough votes to change filibuster for abortion rights
2022.07.01 20:40
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One to depart for Washington from Madrid Torrejon Airport, Madrid, Spain, June 30, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – 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.
