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President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he supports throwing out a Senate rule requiring supermajorities so that his Democratic Party can pass sweeping voting rights reforms.

If Republicans block the reforms, there will be “no option but to change the Senate rules, including getting rid of the filibuster,” Biden said in a speech in Atlanta, Georgia. “I support changing the Senate rules.”

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