US President Joe Biden will hold a press conference on the final day of the NATO Summit at the IFEMA Convention Center in Madrid, Spain, on June 30, 2022.
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president Joe Biden On Thursday, he said he supported suspending the Senate Obstruction Rules to systematize the constitutional rights to abortion established by the 1973 Supreme Court’s groundbreaking decision in Roe v. Wade. rice field.
His comments represent important support for suspending key procedural hurdles that have previously prevented the Senate Democrats from passing legislation that makes federal law decisions. Current Senate rules require a majority party to collect 60 votes to overcome minority attempts to prevent the bill from advancing, a procedural action known as filibuster.
“We believe that the Roe v. Wade case needs to be codified, and the way to do it is to ensure that Congress votes to do it,” Biden said in a Spanish reporter. I told the group.
However, the 50-50 split between the Senate and the Republicans allowed the GOP to use filibuster rules to prevent a majority of Democrats from approving the abortion bill.
“If filibuster gets in the way, it’s like voting rights, and we make an exception to this,” Biden said. “This action requires an exception to filibuster.”
The president doubled his stance later that day in a post on Twitter.
Biden’s comment came a week after the National Supreme Court overturned nearly 50 years of precedent.y Overturn the original opinion that women have constitutional rights For abortion. They are also the first to publicly support the president’s amendment to the Filibuster Rule to pass a law that codifies the Roe v. Wade case.
Last week’s court controversial ruling empowers the state to pass its own abortion law without worrying about disagreeing with Law, who allowed abortion during the first two semesters of pregnancy. ..
The president said he would meet with the governor on Friday to discuss their options until Democrats in Congress solidify their reaction. Biden added that the reversal was “a serious and serious problem that the Supreme Court imposed on the United States,” reflecting the beliefs of many Democrats.
“I will do everything I can legally do in terms of protecting abortion and boosting Congress and the general public,” he said.
But Biden’s support does not mean that Democrats can enforce abortion laws through the Senate. That’s because filibuster can be changed by a simple majority vote, but not behind the idea that not all Senate Democrats throw out ways to check the future Republican majority.
For example, Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona have stated that they oppose changes to the filibuster rules.
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, who opposes changes to the filibuster rules. Criticized Biden’s remarks.
“Attacking core American institutions like the Supreme Court from the world stage is below the president’s dignity,” he said in a press release Thursday. “Attack on Biden’s court is worthless and dangerous. He is angry that the court has said that people will have a say in abortion policy through their elected representatives.”
