Original title: In order to promote abortion rights into law, Biden for the first time supports modifying the “long discussion” system
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On June 30, local time, U.S. President Biden said that the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturn of the “Roe v. Wade case” was a “heinous act.” In order for the U.S. Congress to pass a vote to write the case into law, Biden for the first time supported changes to the Senate’s “long discussion” system.
According to the “New York Times” report on June 30, Biden said, “We must write ‘Roe v. Wade’ into law, and for this we need a congressional vote. If ‘long debate’ obstructs the vote, we will One exception, no ‘lengthy debate’ for this legislation. I think (US Supreme Court ruling) is a serious, serious issue, and I will protect abortion rights within my legal authority and push Congress and the public to act .” Biden called the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade a challenge to privacy and a “heinous act.”
“Longering” is a rule of procedure in the Senate. According to this rule, any senator can delay the debate on the bill by making a lengthy speech during the debate to prevent or delay the vote on the bill or other resolutions. In the Senate, 60 votes are needed for the bill to pass a “long debate” filibuster, with Democrats holding only 50.
The report pointed out that so far, Biden and the Democrats have not gained enough support in the Senate to temporarily modify the “long discussion” system. Moderate Democratic Senators Sinema and Manchin expressed firm opposition to the revision of the relevant system. Both senators opposed the US Supreme Court ruling recently, but Sinema was reluctant to temporarily revise the relevant legislation. Institution, Manchin does not support the Senate making an exception for this.
On June 24, local time, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the “Roe v. Wade” case, which established the right to abortion at the federal level nearly half a century ago, which means that women’s right to abortion will no longer be protected by the U.S. Constitution. Biden delivered a public speech on the same day, condemning the Supreme Court’s ruling, saying that the ruling was not final and that Congress should act to protect women’s abortion rights.