Days before a self-imposed deadline, Senate Democrats haven’t rounded up the votes to pass two partisan election bills that party lawmakers say will save them from a GOP takeover in this year’s midterm elections.

In a last-ditch bid to save the legislation, President Joe Biden will privately address Democrats on Thursday hoping to convince holdouts to change the Senate’s long-standing filibuster rule, which would ease the passage of the two bills by altering or eliminating the 60-vote threshold.