The president voiced his support for a temporary change in the Senate rules, which is generally opposed, during a press conference following the NATO summit in Madrid. The president also blamed the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion as “destabilizing” and “outrageous”. “The most important thing we need to be clear about is that we need to change – I think we are codifying Roe vs. Wade in the law and the way to do that is to make sure that Congress votes for it,” Biden said. to journalists. Thursday. “And if filibuster interferes, it’s like voting rights, it should be – we provide an exception for this. We require an exception from filibuster for this action.” At present, there do not appear to be enough votes in the Senate to allow such a rule exception. Vice President Kamala Harris re-elected the president on Thursday. “We must codify Roe vs. Wade in law. If the conflict prevents, the Senate must make an exception to do so,” he wrote on Twitter. The president insisted that the country is in a better position to lead the world now than ever before, but expressed confidence that the Supreme Court ruling is the only wound in that position. “America is in a better position to lead the world than ever before,” Biden said. “We have the strongest economy in the world, our inflation rates are lower than other nations in the world. but essentially challenging the right to privacy. “ The president said he believed it was a “serious problem imposed by the court in the United States” and expressed concern about the right to choose who to marry, amid “a whole range of privacy issues”. The president confirmed that he would meet with a group of governors on Friday when he returns to the White House on the next steps in accessing abortions. Despite his personal concerns about abortion in the past, the president rejected any idea that he was not the best messenger for the Democratic Party on the issue. “I’m the only president they got,” he said. “And I feel extremely strongly that I will do everything in my power to enforce the executive order, as well as to push Congress and the public. The point is – if you are interested, if the voting data is right “And you think this court decision was an outrage or a big mistake – vote. Show up and vote. Vote in the off-year and vote, vote, vote. So we’ll change that.”
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Kathryn Watson is a political reporter for CBS News Digital based in Washington, DC
