Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is using a lengthy filibuster speech to criticize President Donald Trump as Senate Democrats utilize the procedural tool to block passage of a GOP-backed measure to open the ...
President Donald Trump urged Republicans to “terminate the filibuster” to enact sweeping conservative policies and prevent Democrats from winning future elections — framing the Senate rule as the only ...
In 2013, the then-majority Democrats in the Senate, under the leadership of Sen. Harry Reid, changed U.S. Senate rules regarding the filibuster to eliminate it, but only for approving presidential ...
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Senate Republicans have the power to force Democrats to filibuster voter ID — so why don’t they?
Senate Republicans could force Democrats into a talking filibuster on voter identification, but it’s unclear if they will use ...
Democrats have been struggling to energize their frustrated base since losing all three branches of government in the November 2024 election. Senator Cory Booker may have found a way. For more than 25 ...
NEW JERSEY — Twenty-five hours. That’s how long Cory Booker stood on the U.S. Senate floor, railing against Donald Trump, Elon Musk and an ongoing deluge of controversial federal budget cuts in a ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this story was first published in 2021, when Democrats were trying to end the filibuster. It was completely predictable that President Donald Trump would call on Senate ...
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