Manchin Expresses Openness to Making Filibuster Harder to Use
WASHINGTON — Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, a moderate Democrat who has often balked at efforts to ...
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The filibuster fight is coming soon, and the fight for a living wage could be key to its elimination
These outright displays of disdain for the plight of hard-working Americans struggling through the pandemic was frankly sickening. Any Democratic ...
Sen. Jeff Merkley: It’s get rid of the filibuster, or face a ‘Democratic Party Armageddon in 2022’
Campaign Action "I've acknowledged there's different ways you could" reform the filibuster, Klobuchar said. "You can get rid of ...
Opinion: To Save Democracy And Achieve Unity, Senate Democrats Must Kill The Filibuster
Speaking last Friday at the Conservative Political Alliance Conference (CPAC), Senators Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz stood by the ...
Biden economic adviser doesn’t rule out ending filibuster to pass $15 minimum wage
Vice President Kamala Harris won't overrule the Senate parliamentarian's ruling on excluding the $15 minimum wage proposal from a ...
John Fetterman Will Support Getting Rid Of The Filibuster If He’s Elected To The Senate
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman announced his candidacy for Senate on Monday and said if elected, he supports killing ...
What Democrats Can’t Do As Long As The Filibuster Remains In Place — And What They Can
The recent fight between Senate Democrats and Republicans over the rules that would govern the chamber this session was ...
Rob Portman Says Democrats Are Going To Essentially Kill The Filibuster
Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) said that Democrats are going to essentially kill the filibuster in the Senate by eliminating ...
Rachel Maddow Says It’s Time For Democrats To Consider Killing The Filibuster
Rachel Maddow said on Thursday that if Democrats want to get things done and truly meet this moment of ...
Biden Won’t Budge on the Senate Filibuster. Why Aren’t Progressives Pushing Him?
President Biden has moved swiftly in his first days to start carrying out his agenda, signing executive orders and ...