Joe Biden: Changing Senate filibuster rules

Joe Biden (D) · Senator (2005); President (2022)

Topic: Changing Senate filibuster rules

THEN · 2005-05-23

“This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.”

Source: Congressional Record, Senate, May 23, 2005 (GovInfo)
Verified 2026-10-13: exact text found at the source URL.

NOW · 2022-01-11

“To protect our democracy, I support changing the Senate rules, whichever way they need to be changed, to prevent a minority of Senators from blocking action on voting rights.”

Source: Remarks in Atlanta, Jan. 11, 2022 (Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents, GovInfo)
Verified 2026-10-13: exact text found at the source URL.

Context: The 2005 debate concerned filibusters of judicial nominations under a Republican majority; the 2022 remarks concerned voting-rights legislation.

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