Pressure grows on Biden to end filibuster
Annie Linskey, Sean Sullivan and Maria Sacchetti, The Washington Post
March 5, 2021
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President Joe Biden is shown at the White House in Washington on Feb. 10, 2021.Washington Post photo by Bill O Leary
WASHINGTON - Pressure is building on President Joe Biden, a longtime backer of traditional Washington rules, to do away with the filibuster and other procedures as Democrats press him to seize what could be a fleeting moment of power to enact his agenda.
Liberals have long pushed for sweeping changes such as expanding the Supreme Court, ending the electoral college and banning gerrymandering. But as Biden faces a critical stretch of his presidency, even moderate Democrats are urging more-immediate changes - particularly rewriting the filibuster so that at the very least fewer bills need 60 votes to pass the Senate.