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Opinion: Biden needs to urge Senate to abolish filibuster, says Harrisville man

Posted 10/14/21

To the Editor: We understand President Biden is busy. Between foreign policy crises, infrastructure, and the COVID-19 pandemic, he has a lot on his hands. But I can’t help thinking about how his …

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Opinion: Biden needs to urge Senate to abolish filibuster, says Harrisville man

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To the Editor:

We understand President Biden is busy. Between foreign policy crises, infrastructure, and the COVID-19 pandemic, he has a lot on his hands.

But I can’t help thinking about how his support for abolishing the filibuster in the Senate could help him enact his agenda on all fronts. Most importantly, it could help Biden protect Americans’ freedom to vote in the face of relentless attacks on our democracy. Abolishing the filibuster will help the US return majority rule and inhibit tyranny of the minority.

We need Congress to pass comprehensive voting rights reform and we need Biden to step up and put pressure on the Senate to do so by publicly supporting an end to the filibuster. Biden’s stated support for voting rights reform simply isn’t enough.

President Biden, for the sake of my right to vote, the rights of other Americans to vote and the progressive agenda we elected you to enact, urge the Senate to abolish the filibuster. If we do not address voting rights, there are those people and groups that will continue to erode our right to vote.

Matthew Van Brocklin
Harrisville