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Obama backs Biden's call to change Senate rules to pass voting rights in op-ed - CNN
Jan 13, 2022 47 secs

The former President said he "fully support(s) President Joe Biden's call to modify Senate rules as necessary to make sure pending voting rights legislation gets called for a vote."

"The filibuster has no basis in the Constitution," Obama wrote, adding that "we can't allow it to be used to block efforts to protect our democracy."

"No single piece of legislation can guarantee that we'll make progress on every challenge we face as a nation.

But legislation that ensures the right to vote and makes sure every vote is properly counted will give us a better chance of meeting those challenges," the former President said.

Referencing the towering figure of the American civil rights movement and longtime congressman for whom one of the bills is named, Obama urged that "now is the time for all of us to follow John Lewis' example."

"Now is the time for the U.S.

Senate to do the right thing," he wrote.

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