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David Meyers

David Meyers is the founding Executive Editor of The Fulcrum. David leads the daily news coverage and advises the publishers on content and growth strategies. Before launching The Fulcrum, David spent more than two decades at CQ Roll Call, a leading publisher of political news and information. During his time there, David served as managing editor of Roll Call (“the newspaper of Capitol Hill”) and as managing editor of member information and research, which included co-editing the definitive biographical directory of Congress, “Politics in America.” David went on to lead all of CQ Roll Call’s congressional research teams as vice president of research and content development before shifting to a revenue and strategy role as vice president of business operations for Roll Call, working with the advertising and editorial teams to develop new revenue models and expand the company’s events business. David lives in Fairfax, Va., with his wife, two daughters and rottweiler. A graduate of Tufts University, David is a past president of the Tufts University Alumni Association. He is also a past president of the Washington Press Club Foundation, which works to celebrate and advance the role of women and minorities in the media. David currently serves on the board of directors for Temple B’nai Shalom in Fairfax Station.
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    Biden calls for change to filibuster rule so Congress can codify Roe v. Wade

    David Meyers
    June 30, 2022
    Biden calls for filibuster reform

    President Biden, speaking at a NATO event in Madrid on Thursday, called for changes to the filibuster in order to protect abortion rights.

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    For the second time this year, President Biden has called for changing Senate rules in order to pass legislation that has deeply divided the country. On Thursday, Biden announced his support for carving out an exception to the filibuster in order to codify Roe v. Wade.

    Following the Supreme Court decision undoing Roe, which protected abortion rights at the federal level, trigger laws banned abortion in more than a dozen states with more likely to follow. And with 60 votes required to overcome procedural blockades in the Senate, advocates for women’s right to choose lack a legislative solution barring a change in rules.

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    The hearings investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection have captivated the nation, reopening discussion about possible prosecutions of former President Donald Trump and others in his orbit. But if the publicity also leads to new consideration of election reforms, such proposals would have bipartisan support, according to a new study.

    A bipartisan group of 16 senators is preparing a variety of proposals to update the Electoral Count Act, and CommonSense American, which prepares briefings on legislative ideas and encourages advocacy from its 43,000 members, released survey data this week on some of those concepts.

    The most popular reform proposed by the group is an update to the Electoral Count Act, which sets the rules for state certification of presidential election results as well as congressional approval of the electoral count. Former President Donald Trump’s plan to remain in power hinged on his vice president, Mike Pence, attempting to take advantage of ambiguities in the law.

    Pence refused, and now 92 percent of Americans support clarifying the president’s role in the process, according to CommonSense American. That includes 97 percent of Democrats and 86 percent of Republicans.

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