Democrats have fallen back in love with the filibuster. Mere weeks into President Trump’s second term, Senate Democrats are already making liberal use of the obstructive maneuver, flying in the ...
Every time the Senate has changed hands in recent history, nine times starting with the 1980 elections, the party in power has threatened to scrap or at least limit the filibuster. This procedural ...
A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators ...
After their election loss, notice how quickly Democrats have flip-flopped with respect to their push to abolish the legislative filibuster. Back in 2021, Representative Pramila Jayapal ...
Federal Court Stops Biden Admin’s Title IX Gender Ideology Mandate Nationwide As I explained in “Don’t Bring Back the Judicial Filibuster,” the argument that reinstating the judicial ...
Incoming Senate GOP Leader John Thune (R-SD) vowed that the filibuster will be "safe under Republican control," even if it may stand in Trump's way. “I find it ironic that a party that has spent ...
Harry Reid is a former Senate majority leader from Nevada. A real fix for this country would be the abolition of the Senate filibuster in all its forms, allowing for a simple majority vote ...
(Bloomberg) -- With President-elect Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans winning control of the White House plus both chambers of Congress in the Nov. 5 election, the Democrats will have one ...