Biden heading to Capitol Hill to rally Democrats on voting rights
ABC News
President Joe Biden is expected to head to Capitol Hill in an attempt to convince Democratic lawmakers to back a major change to the Senate's rules.
President Joe Biden is expected to head to Capitol Hill on Thursday in an attempt to convince Democratic lawmakers to back a major change to the Senate's rules that would allow a pair of voting rights bills to move forward.
The trip amounts to him putting his money where his mouth is, after delivering an impassioned speech Tuesday in which he said there was "no option" except for senators to do away with the filibuster -- a rule that requires 60 votes, rather than a simple majority of 50, to advance most legislation -- if the bills could not be advanced another way.
"I've been having these quiet conversations with members of Congress for the last two months," he said Tuesday. "I'm tired of being quiet!"
The White House has said that in the wake of his speech in Atlanta -- where Biden was joined by Vice president Kamala Harris -- Biden and Harris "will be working the phones over the next several days pushing members of the Senate to support voting rights legislation and changes to Senate rules."
