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JOHNSTON: Have Democrats found a way to bypass the filibuster? Yes and no

April 15, 2021 Kelly D. Johnston

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 […]

JOHNSTON: Fix, but don’t break, the Senate’s filibuster

April 7, 2021 Kelly Johnston

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 […]

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 […]

Trump’s Supreme Court pick tests vulnerable Senate Democrats

July 11, 2018 North State Journal Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. — It may soon become difficult to determine who sits in the hotter seat: President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, or Senate Democrats from conservative states who must decide whether they […]

Schumer

JOHNSTON: Have Democrats found a way to bypass the filibuster? Yes and no

JOHNSTON: Fix, but don’t break, the Senate’s filibuster

STRAND: The Senate filibuster and the ‘nuclear option’

Trump’s Supreme Court pick tests vulnerable Senate Democrats

Sam Hayes discussed the Voter Repair Project, the HAVA settlement and replacing the 30-year-old elections management system
NCSBE head reflects on first year, modernization

Sam Hayes discussed the Voter Repair Project, the HAVA settlement and replacing the 30-year-old elections management system