How changing the filibuster to raise the debt ceiling could solve Democrats’ problems — and maybe create more

One of the most viable ways to end this debt ceiling showdown is for Senate Democrats to go around a Republican blockade and do it on their own, specifically by ending Republicans’ ability to filibuster it.

President Biden said Tuesday that it’s “a real possibility,” some of his strongest language yet for any change to the filibuster. But this plan was almost immediately foiled by Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), who said again Wednesday that he’s not in support of any changes to the filibuster.