Sometime this fall, Senate Democrats will bring a second major voting rights legislation to the floor: the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would restore sections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that were gutted by the conservative Supreme Court.

If Senate Republicans filibuster the bill, as they are almost certain to do, it will be the fourth time theyve done so with voting rights legislation and will provoke a decision from Senate Democrats on whether to finally change the bodys antiquated filibuster rules, HuffPost has learned.

In the immediate aftermath of Senate Republicans third filibuster of opening debate on voting rights legislation this week, leading Democrats did not directly call for the filibuster a procedural rule that requires 60 votes to begin or end debate on legislation to be reformed to clear the bills path for passage by a simple majority vote. The new refrain was instead for restoration, something that it was hinted might only be possible by getting rid of the 60-vote requirement.

The Senate needs to be restored to the status of the worlds greatest deliberative body, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on the Senate floor after the party-line filibuster of the Freedom to Vote Act, a package of voting rights, redistricting and campaign finance reforms.

Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), four of the bills eight chief sponsors, echoed some form of Schumers call to restore the Senate. Others have joined in the use of this language, including Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and voting rights supporters like former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and former Attorney General Eric Holder .

The rise of the restoration framing comes as Senate Democrats approach a final-decision moment on the filibuster.

President Joe Biden finally came out in support of filibuster changes to pass voting rights legislation, and maybe more, at a CNN town hall event Thursday night. But he noted he cant push for it while Democrats are still wrangling over their infrastructure and budget reconciliation bills, lest he lose at least three votes.