US President Joe Biden said on June 30 that he would support making an exception to the filibuster in order to codify abortion rights and the right to privacy through legislation passed by Congress.
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Biden calls for dropping filibuster rules to put abortion rights into law
President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he would support making an exception to the filibuster -- the 60-vote threshold in the Senate needed to pass most legislation -- in order to codify abortion rights and the right to privacy through legislation passed by Congress.
