Democratic Senators Manchin and Sinema WON'T back changing filibuster to codify abortion: Biden's plan to protect Roe in Congress looks dead in the water with moderates refusing to budge
Biden said he would support a filibuster carve-out to pass legislation protecting abortion rights
Manchin's and Sinema's offices told DailyMail.com the president's comments did not change their positions
'One thing that has been destabilizing is the outrageous behavior of the Supreme Court,' he said
Rights previously protected in Roe v. Wade, he said, should be codified into law
He also hinted at executive action to come on abortion rights: I'm going to do everything in my power, which I legally can do in terms of executive orders'
Biden also said he would be meeting with US governors to discuss the the issue on Friday
He flew out of Madrid on Thursday afternoon at the end of a six-day trip to Europe that included a G7 summit
By Morgan Phillips, Politics Reporter For Dailymail.Com and Elizabeth Elkind, Politics Reporter and Rob Crilly, Senior U.S. Political Reporter
Published: 13:06 EDT, 30 June 2022 | Updated: 13:43 EDT, 30 June 2022
Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema remain steadfast in their defense of the filibuster, their offices said, despite public pressure from all the way up to President Biden.
Manchin's office told DailyMail.com that the West Virginia Democrat's position had not changed in light of the president's new comments, and Sinema's office referred DailyMail.com to a statement the Arizona Democrat made after the leaked Supreme Court decision: 'Protections in the Senate safeguarding against the erosion of women's access to health care have been used half-a-dozen times in the past ten years, and are more important now than ever.'
In new comments during a press conference in Madrid on Thursday Biden said he would back an exception to the filibuster to pass federal abortion legislation and blasted the Supreme Court's 'outrageous' repealing of Roe v. Wade.
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