Two years ago, Democrats nearly toppled the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation. But with an incoming Republican ...
Americans will only achieve healthy public discourse when we agree on basic principles and start telling the truth. As it ...
Staff Writer Denise Perez argues that the filibuster requires reform as it has evolved into a tool of obstruction for ...
A Democratic leader who once likened the filibuster to Jim Crow policies that enforced racial segregation backtracked on ...
Speaking at a press conference with the Congressional Progressive Caucus on Monday, Jayapal was asked how she weighed her ...
He said that Democrats would have the votes to implement filibuster reform if they managed to hold on to their majority.
The outgoing Republican leader suggested the Senate GOP would reject any push by Trump to change Senate rules.
But after Harris recently endorsed filibuster reform, a handful of additional Senate Democrats unexpectedly criticized her for it. There is, however, a fairly recent precedent for Democrats slowly ...
Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., for their refusal to end the filibuster. “My position is that filibuster has to get reformed. It’s not a tool of compromise, it’s a tool of ...
The reform is necessary due to the filibuster’s rising popularity. Legislators filibustered executive and judicial appointees 168 times since the first filibuster in 1837. Half of these filibusters ...
SALT LAKE CITY — In one of his first official acts in Congress after being sworn in to replace Rep. Jason Chaffetz in November 2017, Rep. John Curtis voted to approve then-President Donald Trump's Tax ...
highlighted border security as a top priority for a budget reconciliation package that could pass the Senate with a simple majority, bypassing a Democratic filibuster. “We will surge resources ...