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For the first time since he became president with a 50-50 Democratic majority in the Senate , President Joe Biden is expressing a willingness to support altering a centuries-old Senate rule that Republicans have been using to stymie his legislative programme. Mr Biden was speaking at a CNN town hall in Baltimore, Maryland when moderator Anderson Cooper asked him why he opposed changes to Senate rules governing the filibuster — a parliamentary practice which, in theory, allows for unlimited debate on legislation. Because 60 senators’ votes are needed to end debate and allow a vote on a given bill, Republicans...
