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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...
A Change in GOP Senate Leadership Could Mean Filibuster Reform
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSen. John Cornyn is seen on the same day of the announcement by Senate Minority Leader Mitch...
Granderson: Matt Gaetz gave the House a taste of the Senate's filibuster nightmare
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 8 months agoRep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has derailed the work of Congress as effectively as a senator threatening...
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...
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.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Sworn In As First Black Woman On Supreme Court
VIBE via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson has made history as the first Black woman to be sworn into the Supreme...
NotedDC — Biden shifts abortion fight to Senate
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPresident Biden threw his support behind a carveout of the Senate filibuster to codify abortion rights, a moment some Democrats have been waiting for...
Dianne Feinstein’s Death Instantly Creates Two Big Problems to Solve
Slate via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSen. Dianne Feinstein at the U.S. Capitol on February 9, 2022. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by...
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Calls For DOJ Investigation Of Clarence Thomas’ Hidden Gifts
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called on the...
'Pick up the pace': Progressives urge Biden, Senate to move faster on confirming federal judges
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWASHINGTON – President Joe Biden technically has more than two years to fill the vacancies that have...