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What is the filibuster? A look at the Senate’s consequential quirk and debate on its future
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWASHINGTON – The filibuster — the controversial Senate rule able to advance or stall key legislation...
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, with Sen. Mitch McConnell on hand, again praises filibuster
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSen. Kyrsten Sinema defended the legislative filibuster Monday, saying it has produced recent,...
Explainer-What is the filibuster and could Democrats suspend it for abortion rights?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPresident Joe Biden said on Thursday the U.S. Senate should consider scrapping a supermajority rule...
Biden supports an 'exception' to the Senate filibuster for abortion protections
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoPresident Joe Biden said Thursday that he would support making an exception to the Senate's...
The Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill. Democrats are campaigning on it
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoSen. Tammy Baldwin, facing a tough reelection fight in one of the races that will determine control...
Bill O’Reilly Says He Used the Same Interviewer ‘Finger’ Trick to Rein In Both Trump and Obama
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 12 months agoKaitlan Collins, take note: Bill O’Reilly says he successfully deployed the same hand-signal command...
What is a filibuster and how does it work?
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina famously staged one for 24 hours and 18 minutes — still the record — against civil rights legislation in 1957.
Obama: I still consider Sandy Hook 'single darkest day of my presidency'
Yahoo News via AOL· 2 years agoAt an event marking the upcoming 10th anniversary of the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Conn.,...
Republicans could filibuster the replacement of Dianne Feinstein, but it's unclear if they actually...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 11 months agoSen. Dianne Feinstein at a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on May 18, 2023.Kent Nishimura / Los...
Mitch McConnell: Democrats need more moderates like Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoArizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is a Democrat, but Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had high...