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Fights, filibusters and a poison bomb: RI's biggest political fight you've never heard of
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoIn 1924, the Democrats in the Senate decided to force a change by finding sneaking through a vote...
Deseret News archives: Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination, but the journey continues
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoSenate, 73-27, after surviving a lengthy filibuster. Just two weeks later, it was signed into law by...
Senate votes against bringing fertility treatment bill to floor
BenefitsPRO· 5 days agoMembers of the Senate voted 48-47 Thursday to block a motion to let S. 4445, the Right to IVF Act...
The Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill. Democrats are campaigning on it
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 5 days agoSeveral Democrats running for the Senate this year say they support overriding the filibuster, which requires a 60-vote supermajority ...
Few early voters so far in LI Dem primaries
Newsday· 4 hours agoAfter four days of early primary voting on Long Island for StateSenate and Assembly seats and one congressional race, voter turnout has been...
Republican senator blocks new legislation banning bump stocks for guns
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 day agoUnanimous consent is one mechanism for the Senate to pass legislation speedily, often used for...
The Civic Promise of Juneteenth
Time via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoUnlike the 2021 unanimous Senate vote and 415-14 House tally in favor of the Juneteenth holiday, the 1983 voting process for the King holiday...lengthy...
1964 Civil Rights Act Fast Facts
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 5 days agoLimited Civil Rights Acts were passed in in 1957 and 1960. As a result of the 1957 Act, the United States Commission on Civil Rights was created. The act...
Republicans Pledge Support For IVF As They Block Bill Protecting Access
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAt the same time, Republicans filibustered legislation in the Senate that would enshrine into...
Larry Hogan Wants To Do the ‘Impossible’ Three Times in a Row
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJon Tester. But by providing Republicans with a 52nd or 53rd seat, Hogan could dim Democratic hopes...
