the capitol to implore democrats to pass the infrastructure and the social spending bills. both bills eventually passed the house, but not until weeks after mr. biden s visit. so, it s unclear if the president can close the deal on a filibuster change for voting rights today. people think his weighing in personally can have an impact on sinema and manchin, i hope that s true. democrats need republicans to help break a filibuster, that won t happen. otherwise, chuck schumer will lean on his members to change the filibuster. if they don t, we will be left with no choice but to consider changes to senate rules so we can move forward. all of us must make a choice about whether or not we will do our part to preserve our democratic republic in this day and age. democrats need all of their members to alter the filibuster.