Then, at 11:18 a.m., Sen. Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat, took to the Senate floor and started what she hoped would be a 13-hour filibuster of the abortion bill. If Davis managed to keep the ...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who urged Schumer to make use of the filibuster — which Dems had considered abolishing under former President Joe Biden — to block the Republicans’ funding bill.

The bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate, where Democrats are likely to filibuster the measure. Across the country, the drop in gun sales has been uneven. Washington state, for example ...

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where 60 votes are required to overcome a filibuster and advance a measure to a final vote. At her Senate confirmation hearing last month, McMahon acknowledged the need to coordinate with Congress ...

It would take 60 “yes” votes in the Senate to overcome the filibuster and dismantle the department that Congress created. Critics argue the department is needed for vital financial assistance and ...

But while Republicans control both chambers, it would take 60 votes to overcome a filibuster in the Senate, a threshold the party does not have. “The federal Department of Education has never ...

That would almost certainly require 60 votes in the U.S. Senate to overcome a Democratic filibuster. Within hours of McMahon's confirmation earlier this month, she shared a lengthy message with ...

It would take 60 “yes” votes in the Senate to overcome the filibuster and dismantle the department that Congress created. “Legality aside, dismantling ED will exacerbate existing disparities, reduce ...