President Biden will use a speech in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday to push for changes to Senate rules that would allow the passage of voting rights legislation by simple majority.

Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the majority Black city to hit back at what they see as Republican efforts to restrict voting access. 

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Biden planned to push through voting rights legislation.

'His plan is to sign voting rights legislation into law. That requires a majority of senators to support it ... if there are changes to the Senate rules, which is something the President has expressed an openness to,' she said.

Georgia is a battleground state, where Democrats won two Senate seats in January 2021.

Atlanta was also the home of Martin Luther King, and Psaki said it was a 'place with profound civil rights history.'

She confirmed that the president would back changing Senate rules, which currently require 60 senators to back most legislation, enabling a Republican minority to block voting rights bills. 

'The president will forcefully advocate for protecting the most bedrock American rights, the right to vote and have your voice counted in a free, fair and secure election that is not tainted, tainted, tainted by partisan manipulation,' she said. 

Democrats face a critical week as Chuck Schumer, their leader in the Senate, has set January 17 - Martin Luther King Day - as the deadline for passing the legislation.

But Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema, who represent more conservative states, have said they want to keep the filibuster for the way it promotes bipartisanship.