Democrat Abrams says US election reform bill should be exempt from filibuster
The election reform bill has been passed by the House but faces long odds in the Senate under current rules
14 March 2021 - 19:12
Washington — Stacey Abrams, an influential figure in Democratic circles, called on Sunday for the US Senate to exempt election reform legislation passed by the House of Representatives over Republican opposition from a procedural hurdle called the filibuster.
“Protection of democracy is so fundamental that it should be exempt from the filibuster rules,” Abrams, a former senior state legislator and unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate in Georgia who helped Democrats win two US Senate runoff elections in her home state in January, told CNN's “State of the Union” program...
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