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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...
Democratic Senate candidate Tammy Murphy backs removing filibuster after saying she hadn't 'given it...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 months agoTammy Murphy, the first lady of New Jersey and a Democratic candidate for US Senate, at an event in...
Nebraska lawmaker 3 weeks into filibuster over trans bill
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt was a mundane, unanimously supported bill on liquor taxation that saw state Sen. Machaela...
'On life support': Senate Republicans are prepared to sink the child tax credit bill
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 months agoWASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are inching closer to burying a bipartisan bill to expand the child...
Senate GOP to McCarthy: Debt fight is all yours
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSenate Republicans are happy to leave the hard work on averting a cataclysmic debt default this year to the House's new speaker. After Kevin McCarthy blasted last month's Senate GOP leadership-backed ...
Here’s who is running for U.S. House, Senate to represent Kansas, and what they stand for
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoKansas voters will have the chance to cast a ballot on Nov. 8, or earlier — in-person advanced...
Friday budget deadline tests Republican factional fractures in Missouri Senate
Missouri Independent via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe end of a 41-hour filibuster early Thursday was a cease-fire in the Missouri Senate’s Republican...
Republicans ready grenades against Democrats’ dwindling dream bill
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJoe Manchin isn’t the only one with the power to cut down Democrats’ pre-election Hail Mary. Senate...
Rowden removes 'swamp creatures' of Missouri Freedom Caucus from committee positions
Gannett via AOL· 5 months agoIn what has become an all-too-frequent occurrence of late, Missouri Senate Republicans resumed...
Democrats clear first hurdle on healthcare, tax and climate bill
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) talks with reporters outside the Senate chamber on Thursday. (Kent...
