‘We are going right to the belly of the beast’: Biden takes on Georgia

Senate Republicans led by Minority LeaderMitch McConnell are open to changing the Electoral Count Act, which establishes the process for certifying presidential elections. The White House believed that the narrower focus was an attempt to distract from more comprehensive reforms. Manchin says he will support some changes to Senate rules, but not the elimination of the legislative filibuster. Manchin is holding talks with a bipartisan group of senators on options for fortifying the Electoral Count Act.

The third-ranking House Democrat, Jim Clyburn, took offense to Manchin's argument that changes to Senate rules should be bipartisan.

I am descended of people who voted for the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution. The 15th amendment was a single party vote that gave Black people the right to vote, said Clyburn. Manchin and others need to stop saying that the 15th Amendment is not legitimate because it makes me feel bad.

It would be unrealistic to expect Republicans to vote against the bills when they have voted against them before, according toRichmond.

All of the bills that were passed in the Republican legislatures to restrict the right to vote have been done on a partisan basis with Republican-only votes. It's not realistic to think that the same party that is doing that on a partisan basis would vote to protect from them.

The senator is in favor of voting rights, according to his office. Every American citizen of legal age has the right to vote and Senator Manchin believes that the right must be protected by law. Manchin is working on legislation to protect the right, according to his spokesman.

The debate around the passage of election reforms in Georgia is particularly acute for Democrats as Republicans have ushered in a host of changes. The stakes have risen because of the political landscape that changed last year, when the Capitol insurrection in Washington breathed new life into Biden's agenda.

Nikema Williams, who has been in touch with the White House ahead of the visit, said she expects Biden to provide specifics about how he plans to move the issue forward.

Williams said that he was sitting in the seat that John Lewis held in the 5th Congressional District. We are the cradle of the civil rights movement. You come to Atlanta for more than one speech. This is about action.

Democrats in her state were waiting for it to come soon. Absentee voting drop boxes, additional ID for Absentee Voting and state takeovers of county elections are just a few of the things that Georgia law signed after Biden won the election.