WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden said he would support an exception to the Senate filibuster to protect abortion access, a shift that comes as Democrats coalesce around an election-year message intended to rally voters […]
RALEIGH — In a recent interview with a Raleigh television station, Democratic U.S. Senate frontrunner Cheri Beasley said she favored scrapping the Senate’s filibuster entirely. When asked what changes she would favor, Beasley responded, “We should […]
PHOENIX — Leaders of the Arizona Democratic Party voted Saturday to censure U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, citing “her failure to do whatever it takes to ensure the health of our democracy” — namely her refusal to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Days before the anniversary of the Jan. 6 protest at the Capitol, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the Senate will vote soon on easing filibuster rules in an effort to advance stalled […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate moved ahead with legislation that would create a one-time, fast-track process for raising the debt limit, overcoming a Republican filibuster and likely averting another last-minute rush to avoid a devastating […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House said Friday that President Joe Biden would speak in the coming weeks about moving to “fundamentally alter” the filibuster or even eliminate the legislative roadblock that empowers the Senate […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Year-end pileups of crucial legislation and the brinkmanship that goes with them are normal behavior for Congress. This autumn, lawmakers are barreling toward battles that are striking for the risks they pose […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Looming over Senate Democrats this year is a decision that could fundamentally change Congress: whether to change or abolish the rules of the filibuster to enact President Joe Biden’s progressive agenda. Liberal […]
Clever minds have been at work in the U.S. Senate to find a way to circumvent the filibuster — that pesky rule that requires a three-fifths super-majority to end debate and bring a matter to […]
The word “filibuster” reminds many of the late Jimmy Stewart’s legendary performance in the 1939 Frank Capra classic, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” Capra’s movie was fiction, but Stewart’s climactic filibuster was inspired by a […]
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