Biden to champion Senate Democrats' plan to nuke the filibuster, force through election overhauls

President Biden on Tuesday plans to tell Americans he “will not flinch” in supporting Senate Democrats’ moves to blow up the chamber’s filibuster rules to pass a partisan overhaul of election laws?

Biden will push for passage of Democratic bills that he says are necessary to uphold democracy in GOP-run states.

I will defend your right to vote and our democracy against all enemies foreign and domestic.

Biden will deliver his speech at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, where the late Rev.

Lack of Republican support dooms the bills in the Senate unless Democrats muster enough support to blow up the filibuster rule and force the legislation through in party-line votes, making Mr.

Biden will be making the case for passing the Democrats’ Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Act.

The Freedom to Vote Act mandates that states offer same-day voter registration as well as automatic voter registration at local departments of motor vehicles.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, has warned Democrats not to blow up Senate rules to pass a “sweeping takeover of our democracy.”