White House press secretary Jen Psaki suggested that President Joe Biden would “certainly” speak with Republican and Democratic lawmakers about reforming the Electoral Count Act but cautioned against accepting it as a “substitute” for Democrats’ two voting bills.
“We’ve never been against it, we just — I always wanted to be clear that it was not a substitute for voting rights legislation, which some, I think, were attempting to project,” she said during Thursday’s White House press briefing, the day after Democrats’ efforts to eliminate the filibuster failed in the Senate.
Psaki claimed that the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the Freedom to Vote Act do “very different things” than the Electoral Count Act.
“The Electoral Count Act does something entirely different,” she continued. “So, I think our point is, it’s not a replacement for.”
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“But certainly ,the president is open to, engaging with, talking with, as we are, even though it’s not a substitute, Republicans and others who are interested in moving forward,” Psaki closed.
There are currently four separate Electoral Count Act reform packages being worked on on Capitol Hill, including one bill co-sponsored by Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins and centrist West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin.
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You can watch Thursday’s entire briefing below.
