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Biden leaves door open for Senate changes to advance agenda

March 26, 2021 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden at his first news conference left the door open to backing fundamental changes in Senate procedure to muscle key parts of his agenda like immigration and voting rights past […]

HARSANYI: The hypocrisy of the filibuster busters

March 26, 2021 David Harsanyi

The effort to undo the Senate’s legislative filibuster is an un-American, Constitution-eroding, radical play to nationalize politics by empowering slim and fleeting majorities to institute wide-ranging, generational policies. Judging from the media coverage, you might […]

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Senate filibuster fight cools for now, but battles ahead

January 26, 2021 Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Easing off a stalemate, the Senate moved forward Tuesday with a power-sharing agreement in the evenly split chamber after Republican leader Mitch McConnell backed off his demand that Senate Democrats preserve the […]

STRAND: The Senate filibuster and the ‘nuclear option’

January 12, 2021 Mark Strand

Now that Democrats have unified control of our federal government in Washington for the first time in a decade, some on the left would like to eliminate the legislative filibuster to let loose a flurry […]

filibuster

Biden leaves door open for Senate changes to advance agenda

HARSANYI: The hypocrisy of the filibuster busters

Senate filibuster fight cools for now, but battles ahead

STRAND: The Senate filibuster and the ‘nuclear option’

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