This is where the Democratic message comes in. The party will use Biden’s new petition to blow up the filibuster of abortion rights to galvanize its base in the midterm elections.
“It helps us, again, to explain why if we get two more pro-election Democrats in the Senate, we could break this deadlock,” said Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.). Progressive Caucus, he told The Health 202. “And we would have the support and backing of the president to do that.”
Biden’s comments were startling, as he had previously been wary of changing decades-old House rules to boost Democratic priorities through a narrowly divided Senate. But the president has been criticized in recent days by some Democrats and advocates who want him to push the boundaries to protect access to abortion.