Biden injects new momentum into filibuster fight
Progressives are feeling emboldened after President Biden backed "fundamentally" changing the filibuster, adding a jolt of momentum into the entrenched Senate stalemate.
Biden's comments, made during a CNN town hall, come after weeks of activists and liberal lawmakers feeling frustrated that Biden wasn't leaning into the fight against the Senate rule, which is a major roadblock for many of his administration's priorities.
The remarks don't automatically change the math problem - Democrats don't have 50 votes for changes to filibuster right now - but they are the latest sign of growing pressure on Senate Democrats to reform the rule.
"We think this is a huge step forward and obviously a game changer," Eli Zupnick, a spokesman for Fix Our Senate, told The Hill. "It would be a big disappointment if he made those comments at a town hall and didn't follow up on them. I think the expectation and hope is that he follows up with significant pressure, public and private."
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