Vice President Kamala Harris confirmed this week that she still supports ending the Senate filibuster in order for Democrats to pass radical legislation, the Huffington Post reported.
Harris first called for ending the filibuster, a Senate rule that allows a minority to block legislation pending a vote of 60 senators or more, back in 2019 when she was running for the Democratic presidential nomination. She has continued to support the move as vice president, saying in 2022 that the filibuster is an “archaic Senate rule” standing in the way of progress.
“I cannot wait to cast the deciding vote to break the filibuster on voting rights and reproductive rights,” Harris said at the time. “I cannot wait!”
When asked whether she’s flip-flopped on this issue along with many of her past policies, Harris made clear her position hasn’t changed.
“I think we should eliminate the filibuster for [Roe v. Wade],” Harris told Wisconsin Public Radio on Tuesday. “And get us to the point where 51 votes would be what we need to actually put back in law the protections for reproductive freedom and for the ability of every person and every woman to make decisions about their own body and not have their government tell them what to do.” […]
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