Jim Clyburn urges filibuster ‘carveout’ to move voting reform forward without GOP support

By Carly Roman

Published July 11, 2021 2:14am ET

Jim Clyburn urges filibuster ‘carveout’ to move voting reform forward without GOP support — House Majority Whip James Clyburn, a Democrat from South Carolina, speaks during an enrollment ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Feb. 14, 2019. | (Zach Gibson/Bloomberg)

Rep. Jim Clyburn is urging President Joe Biden to get behind a mechanism to bypass Republicans and pass voting reforms with only Democratic support.

Clyburn said Biden “should endorse” his proposal to create a carveout to the Senate’s filibuster for legislation that applies to the Constitution, thereby allowing Democrats to enact H.R. 1, their sweeping elections reform proposal, as well as a second bill reauthorizing portions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, without any GOP votes.