President Joe Biden signaled for the first time Tuesday that he backs changing rather than eliminating the filibuster rule, suggesting that it should be reformed to require lawmakers to talk on the Senate floor to delay the passage of a bill. “I don’t think that you have to eliminate the filibuster,” Biden, who previously served in the Senate, said during an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos. “You have to do what it used to be when I first got to the Senate, back in the old days. You had to stand up and command the floor, you had to keep talking … so you’ve got to work for the filibuster,” Biden said. Asked if he endorses the return of the “talking filibuster,” which has been backed by a number of Democrats, the president said: “I am. That’s what it was supposed to be.” “It’s getting to the point where, …
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