Reich is quite clear about Biden's lack of effective response to the Senate filibuster:
"Back in February, Biden said that 'democracy doesn’t happen by accident. We have to defend it, fight for it, strengthen it, renew it.' Yet in that fight so far, Biden has been AWOL. He hasn’t used his bully pulpit to inform Americans of the clear and present threats to democracy we’re now experiencing. He hasn’t used his administration, including his Justice Department, to push back against the anti-democratic tide. He hasn’t acted forcefully in support of voting rights legislation or against the filibuster. His absence from the fight is fast becoming one of the most glaring omissions of his administration — a moral vacuum that is growing by the day."
"Let’s
be clear. As long as the filibuster stands, this will be the fate of
all election-related legislation proposed by Democrats. There should no
longer be any doubt about the choice ahead: It’s the filibuster or
democracy. [...] Biden must use the full strength of his presidency – his bully pulpit, the power of the executive branch, his influence inside the halls of the Senate (and over his old putative friend, the senior senator from West Virginia), and the credibility that comes with being President of the United States – to end the filibuster. It is time."
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