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His use of the bully pulpit comes as his administration wades more aggressively into the fight over ballot access at the urging of civil rights groups and Democrats as Republican-led legislatures advance new voting restrictions in places like Texas and Congress remains deadlocked over proposed legislation.
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Sixteen states have enacted 28 laws that would restrict voting access, out of hundreds that have been introduced throughout the country, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.
Biden hinted at future administration action on voting rights, saying that he and Vice President Kamala Harris \"will be making it clear that there is real peril in making raw power, rather than the idea of liberty, the centerpiece of the common life.\"
His speech also comes as Democrats in the Texas State Legislature have fled their state for Washington, D.C., the second such effort in recent weeks in an attempt to prevent a vote on legislation they say will roll back voting rights in their state.
The state lawmakers said in a press conference earlier Tuesday outside the Capitol that they're there to pressure Congress to pass federal voting rights legislation and call for an exception to the Senate's filibuster rule blocking Democrats from moving forward with a measure, they say, would stop GOP-led efforts to restrict voting in Texas and nationwide.
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In March, House Democrats advanced the For the People Act, an expansive package that would transform federal elections, voting and congressional redistricting -- but it has stalled in the Senate after failing to advance in a procedural vote late last month, over opposition from all Republicans.
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In light of the GOP opposition, some Democrats have pushed for the Senate to reform the legislative filibuster, with House Democratic Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., a key Biden ally and endorser during the 2020 Democratic primary, suggesting Democrats create an exception to the 60-vote threshold for election reform and other constitutional issues. Because of their opposition to ending the filibuster, Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona are playing a pivotal role in the ongoing congressional negotiations over a national voting rights bill.
On Monday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki rejected Clyburn's calls to alter the filibuster, saying any changes to Senate rules \"will be made by members of the Senate, not by this president or any president, frankly, moving forward.\"
Biden did not directly mention Manchin, Sinema or the filibuster in his remarks Tuesday.
“I’m not filibustering now,” Biden told the traveling pool reporter when asked why he didn't bring up the legislative filibuster during his remarks.
He was also non-committal on the topic in his meeting with civil rights leaders last week, Rev. Al Sharpton told the pool reporter in Philadelphia.
\"He said, 'We're working through'\" the issue, Sharpton told reporters after Biden's event.
ABC News' Alisa Wiersema and Molly Nagle contributed to this report.
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