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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...
Voices: Why Mitch McConnell won’t get rid of the filibuster
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in an interview with USA Today over the weekend that he...
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...
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.
Republicans could filibuster the replacement of Dianne Feinstein, but it's unclear if they actually...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 10 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...
Iowa's Democratic US Senate candidates call for protecting abortions, ending filibuster
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIowa Democrats running for the U.S. Senate nomination called for codifying abortion protections into...
Obama to Democrats: 'Sulking and moping is not an option'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Democratic Party's most powerful voices warned Saturday that abortion, Social Security and...
Senate bid to save Roe v. Wade falls to GOP-led filibuster
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Senate fell far short Wednesday in a rushed effort toward enshrining Roe v. Wade abortion access...
SC women senators who fought abortion ban to receive JFK Profile in Courage award
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoBOSTON (AP) — Five women state senators from South Carolina who formed a bipartisan coalition to...
