Democrats look for plan B on filibuster

But Democrats are still hoping that they could get 50 Democratic votes for changes to the filibuster, instead of outright nixing it, though there isn’t unity on what exactly those alternatives would look like.

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“I think it’s unlikely that either Sens. Manchin or Sinema will abolish the filibuster,” Kaine said. “But you don’t have to abolish the filibuster. The filibuster has often been reformed, and can be reformed again. And so there’s a number of different ideas, and we’ll start talking about that.”

In order to get Manchin and Sinema on board with changes to the legislative filibuster, advocates and some senators believe that it would be helpful for Biden to come out publicly on what he would support in order to get voting rights passed.

“I would like for him to come out and say we need to do filibuster reform, but that’s not what he’s said,” said Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii). “It would clarify for some people what we need to do.”

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