Biden Says He Supports Reforming Filibuster to ‘What It Used to Be’

President Joe Biden stops briefly to talk to the press as he walks toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 2021. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

President Joe Biden signaled for the first time Tuesday that he backs changing rather than eliminating the filibuster rule, suggesting that it should be reformed to require lawmakers to talk on the Senate floor to delay the passage of a bill.

“I don’t think that you have to eliminate the filibuster,” Biden, who previously served in the Senate, said during an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos.