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CNN's Chris Cillizza explains how the "nuclear option" could change the rules of the Senate and make it easier to stop a filibuster.
The Georgia killings add fresh urgency to two gun bills that just passed in the House, but the GOP Senate filibuster still stands in the way.
McConnell warns that Democrats will regret abolishing the filibuster, but the GOP leader may not actually have liberals’ best interests at heart.
A growing number of voices on the liberal left, now including Illinois Senator Dick Durbin (the body's No. 2 highest-ranking member), believe it's time to jettison the Senate's legislative filibuster. In this latest episode of The Point, CNN's Chris Cillizza …
Charlie Dent writes that eliminating the filibuster -- despite its flaws -- would be disastrous. The filibuster is the last and best mechanism available to compel some level of bipartisan cooperation to advance meaningful, durable legislation in Congress.
Mitch McConnell’s strangest defense of the supermajority rule.
President Joe Biden threw his significant political weight this week behind an effort to reform the Senate's filibuster process, telling ABC's George Stephanopoulos that "you have to do it what it used to be when I first got to the Senate back in the old days…
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says ‘we need to get a lot of things done’ and calls for killing the filibuster: "The country's better off having a real democracy, not a fake democracy. 60% is not a real democracy."
As the filibuster fight in the Senate drags on, Minority Leader McConnell is threatening Democrats with a 'scorched earth Senate.' We discuss that with former U.S. Senator and MSNBC Political Analyst Claire McCaskill.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell gave a stark warning Tuesday about how Republicans would grind the chamber to a halt if Democrats changed the filibuster rules, leading to a "completely scorched earth Senate."
The president made his strongest remarks to date on the filibuster, signaling his openness to filibuster reform.
The filibuster is an increasingly potent threat to the Democratic agenda.
For President Joe Biden and his top aides, the evolution on the Senate filibuster has been a gradual one.
The president told ABC News in an interview he favors a return to the talking filibuster.
The fight over the Senate's filibuster rules is escalating after President Biden said he would support making changes to the procedure. That falls short of some Democrats' calls to get rid of the filibuster altogether, but would make it harder for Republicans…
Without support from Republicans, most Democratic priorities will die on arrival in the Senate as long as the filibuster is intact.
Without support from Republicans, most Democratic priorities will die on arrival in the Senate as long as the filibuster is intact.
Without support from Republicans, most Democratic priorities will die on arrival in the Senate as long as the filibuster is intact.
Summary List PlacementSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday again threatened to throw the upper chamber into chaos should Democrats decide to kill the filibuster, a 60-vote requirement that has increasingly stymied legislation. "Let me say this ve…
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President Biden told ABC News Tuesday he supports reforming the Senate's filibuster rule to require lawmakers to talk on the Senate floor to delay a bill’s passage.Why it matters: It's the first time the president has publicly supported action on the rule aft…
Some Democrats hope they can use the pending fight over their massive voting rights package to convince more skeptical Democrats to back filibuster reforms, Axios has learned from conversations with lawmakers and their aides.Why it matters: Many Democrats wer…
President Biden’s next big moves require two things Republicans hate — new taxes and new filibuster limits. Both will make the $1.9 trillion spending bill look easy and calm.Why it matters: Biden wants to reform voting laws and dramatically increase infrastru…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) again warned Democrats on Tuesday that eliminating the legislative filibuster would "break the Senate" and turn the chamber into a "100-car pileup" where chaos reigns.Why it matters: Democrats are under increasin…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell warned ominously Tuesday of a “scorched earth” landscape if Democrats use their new majority to bring an end to the Senate filibuster in...
Contra its critics, it is vital to the preservation of American democracy.
The filibuster debate is contrived by liberals and the media for one purpose: to empower Democrats to lord over half the country without debate or compromise.
Biden suggested a return to the requirement that senators talk continuously on the floor in order to block a bill.
That only now, having become president, Biden believes that a simple majority should rule is curious to say the least.
McConnell said that a Republican-majority Senate would pass national right-to-work legislation and defund Planned Parenthood and sanctuary cities 'on day one.'
‘We are witnessing right now a massive and unabashed assault on voting rights and voter access’ Warnock said.
Cardin made his remarks to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at a press conference, not realizing that a C-SPAN mic was recording.
Without mutually assured destruction, I cannot see the filibuster surviving.
The senator is still sounding, for now, like an opponent of changing or ending the filibuster.
A poll by Rasmussen Reports says 75% of Americans support voter ID laws that require voters to show photo identification before voting -- including 60% of Democrats. Only 21% oppose such laws.
South Carolina Senator assures 'Hannity' audience that Sen. Manchin will uphold the filibuster
'Hannity' host says Democrats trying to eliminate the filibuster is the 'ultimate power grab'
Dick Durbin called for "reform" to the filibuster on Tuesday, but said in 2018 that ending it would mean the "end of the Senate."
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that although Biden's "preference" was "not to make changes" to the filibuster, "He is also open to hearing ideas."
President Joe Biden said Tuesday during an interview with George Stephanopoulos for ABC News interview that he now supported reforming the Senate filibuster. | Clips
Freshman Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) believes a range of items, from the filibuster to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), protects white supremacy and therefore must be abolished, she stated Tuesday.
Wednesday on FNC's "Your World," Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) discussed threats from Senate Democrats to end the filibuster rule in the U.S. Senate. | Clips
Wednesday, on the heels of giving his first speech on the U.S. Senate floor, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) appeared on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" to discuss his push for more federal involvement in elections. | Clips
During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) said that while he doesn’t know if President Joe Biden agrees that there should be a general exemption to the filibuster for voting rights