While President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Schumer are striving toward the same goal — passing legislation aimed at expanding voting rights and overhauling state election processes — Biden does not plan to make the issue a core focus of his speech.
of his top ally in the Senate, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, according to descriptions of his remarks from White House officials.
Biden will give a more passing reference to voting rights on Thursday, and save the bulk of his comments on the issue for a separate speech he’ll deliver next week in Atlanta, which the White House announced Wednesday.is in line with how some of his allies believe he should handle two issues they see as critical to American democracy, though they see the issues as dramatically different.
Schumer this week encouraged Democrats to support a Senate rule change within the next few weeks to stop the GOP from filibustering voting legislation. Biden has said he supports making an exception to the filibuster rules in order to pass voting rights legislation, but the White House has not said publicly whether the president would back whatever change Senate Democrats might propose.
A White House official said the president supports Schumer’s strategy, but privately some officials are concerned that Democrats still may not have the votes needed to pass the legislation, a person familiar with the discussions said. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., another leader in the effort to create an exception to the rules for voting rights legislation, is supportive of Schumer's effort to link the push for federal legislation and the anniversary of the attack.
Vice President Kamala Harris, who has voting rights as part of her policy portfolio, also plans to speak on Thursday, and will mention the necessity of securing voting rights and safeguarding elections, according to a White House official.Psaki said Wednesday that Biden is “very personally involved” in drafting his remarks to ensure they are “meeting the moment.”Aides say the president sees Jan. 6 as an exception to his general rule of not wanting to talk publicly about his predecessor.
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