Obama Endorses Changing Filibuster To Pass Voting Rights In First Op-Ed Since Leaving Office

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In his first op-ed since leaving office, former President Barack Obama called for a change in Senate rules so the Democrats can pass voting rights legislation.
The funeral service of the late Rep. John Lewis will be held on July 30, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. Bush and Clinton attended the funeral of the late Democratic congressman. In August 1963, Rep. Lewis helped to organize and address the March on Washington. The photo was taken by Alyssa Pointer-Pool.

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The Senate rule that allows Republicans to block legislation and requires 60 votes to overcome is not in the Constitution, according to Obama.

One day after President Biden said he supported axing the filibuster in order to pass the voting rights bill, Obama wrote an op-ed.

The Republican Senate majority uses the filibuster to block important progress on issues supported by the majority of voters, according to Obama.

Obama pointed to the hundreds of bills introduced in 49 states that were designed to suppress votes from minorities, young people and those with a lower income.

The former president called out Senate Republicans who had previously supported voting rights, but have either reversed their stance or been silenced.

The voting rights bill is named after Sen. John Lewis, who died two years ago, and the former president spoke at his memorial service.

The Senate has no option but to abolish the filibuster as it pertains to the voting rights bills, which have passed in the House but have been held up in the Senate. The bills could be passed with a simple majority if the rules are changed. If Republicans don't agree to a vote before January 17, the Senate will debate and vote on changing the rules. The John Lewis Voting Rights Act would restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was meant to increase transparency by giving public notice of any changes in voting policies. Absentee and online voting accessibility would be increased by the For The People Act.
Obama wrote that it was not possible to set an example for the world when one of the major parties seemed intent on chipping away at the foundation of our own democracy.

Moderate Senate Democrats Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) have said in the past that they are not in favor of changing the Senate's rules to pass voting rights legislation. A Cinema spokeswoman told Politico last month that she continues to support the Senate's 60-vote threshold to protect the country from repeated radical reversals in federal policy which would further erode Americans' confidence in our government.