Kyrsten Sinema’s Filibuster Stand: If Democrats Pass Bills, GOP Can Just Overturn Them Later
3 years, 6 months ago

Kyrsten Sinema’s Filibuster Stand: If Democrats Pass Bills, GOP Can Just Overturn Them Later

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sen. Kyrsten Sinema stood firmly for the filibuster Monday, saying essentially that Democrats should not take advantage of being in the majority by passing legislation that a future Republican majority could overturn. “If anyone expected me to reverse my position because my party now controls the Senate, they should know that my approach to legislating in Congress is the same whether in the minority or majority.” Opinion | Sen. Kyrsten Sinema : We have more to lose than gain by ending the filibuster https://t.co/G8TzN6PjCQ — The Washington Post June 22, 2021 In her editorial, Sinema’s foundational argument is that the gridlocked status quo in the Senate and the need to preserve the power of the minority are preferable to an environment in which both parties can legislate when they’re in the majority and have the results of that work influence future elections. “To those who want to eliminate the legislative filibuster to expand health-care access or retirement benefits: Would it be good for our country if we did, only to later see that legislation replaced by legislation dividing Medicaid into block grants, slashing earned Social Security and Medicare benefits, or defunding women’s reproductive health services?” Though intended to argue that Democrats will regret abolishing the filibuster in the future when it’s time to fight for legislation as the minority, the op-ed essentially made the case against passing any bill that could be later rescinded by the opposing party. And Washington Republicans seem dead-set against all remedies, whether it’s S.1, some modified version, or the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which Sen. McConnell has recently opposed,” Schumer said Thursday on the Senate floor.

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Mitch McConnell On Republican Senate Control: 'The Filibuster Will Stand'
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mitch McConnell On Republican Senate Control: 'The Filibuster Will Stand'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that the Senate’s supermajority threshold for passing legislation will be safe with Republicans controlling the chamber — even if President-elect Donald Trump pushes to kill the filibuster. McConnell is stepping down as leader, but his comments Wednesday signaled Senate Republicans will likely defend the filibuster even if Trump …

McConnell warns GOP 'it’s over' for Republicans if Harris wins and kills Senate filibuster
2 months, 3 weeks ago

McConnell warns GOP 'it’s over' for Republicans if Harris wins and kills Senate filibuster

Raw Story  

Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell isn't optimistic about how Republicans will fare if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the November election and Democrats keep control of the Senate. The Kentucky Republican told the outlet that the finality of ending the filibuster would mean there's little Republicans could do to stop Democrats' agenda. Democrats, who control the Senate with a …

Pelosi implies Democrats could get rid of the filibuster if they win in November
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Pelosi implies Democrats could get rid of the filibuster if they win in November

The Independent  

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The Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill. Democrats are campaigning on it
7 months ago

The Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill. Democrats are campaigning on it

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Sen. Tammy Baldwin, facing a tough reelection fight in one of the races that will determine control of Congress, has made protecting reproductive rights a cornerstone of her campaign, and she’s willing to back that up by pledging to change the Senate filibuster rules if Democrats retain control of the chamber. “If NASA had the rules of the …

Filibuster by Missouri Democrats stretches into a second day. What’s the fight about?
7 months, 1 week ago

Filibuster by Missouri Democrats stretches into a second day. What’s the fight about?

Associated Press  

— A nonstop, overnight filibuster by Democratic lawmakers in the Missouri Senate passed the 24-hour point on Tuesday as they try to reign in a Republican proposal to make it harder to amend the state constitution. Lawmakers face a 6 p.m. Friday deadline to pass legislation before the end of this year’s session, so Senate Democrats are blocking all work …

Bipartisan compromise bill would restore abortion rights
2 years, 4 months ago

Bipartisan compromise bill would restore abortion rights

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators is pushing compromise legislation to restore abortion access in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a long shot effort to put a majority of the Senate on the record opposing the decision. “We still think there is utility in showing there is a bipartisan majority that would …

Biden backs filibuster exception to protect abortion access
2 years, 5 months ago

Biden backs filibuster exception to protect abortion access

India Today  

US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he would support an exception to the Senate filibuster to protect abortion access, a shift that comes as Democrats coalesce around an election-year message intended to rally voters who are outraged or deflated by the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. “If the filibuster gets in the way, it’s like voting …

Senate bid to save Roe v. Wade falls to GOP-led filibuster
2 years, 7 months ago

Senate bid to save Roe v. Wade falls to GOP-led filibuster

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate fell far short Wednesday in a rushed effort toward enshrining Roe v. Wade abortion access as federal law, blocked by a Republican filibuster in a blunt display of the nation’s partisan divide over the landmark court decision and the limits of legislative action. For now, his party’s slim majority proved unable to overcome the filibuster led …

Filibuster, cloture: US Senate rules featured in abortion debate
2 years, 7 months ago

Filibuster, cloture: US Senate rules featured in abortion debate

Al Jazeera  

Democrats in the United States Senate are poised to put forward a bill this week to codify the right to an abortion in federal law – a move that will almost certainly fail because of rules in the legislature. The reason is that rules in the US Senate generally require a 60-vote margin to pass most legislation because of a …

Senate vows vote on abortion, but not filibuster changes
2 years, 7 months ago

Senate vows vote on abortion, but not filibuster changes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Furious Senate Democrats vowed Tuesday to vote on legislation to protect abortion access for millions of Americans, but without broader support from Republicans, Congress is essentially powerless to prevent the unraveling of the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling. Amid fallout from a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the conservative justices “lied” to …

Voting bill collapses, Democrats unable to change filibuster
2 years, 11 months ago

Voting bill collapses, Democrats unable to change filibuster

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights leaders say is vital to protecting democracy collapsed when two senators refused to join their own party in changing Senate rules to overcome a Republican filibuster after a raw, emotional debate. Despite a day of piercing debate and speeches that often carried echoes of an earlier era when the Senate filibuster …

Voting bill collapses, Democrats unable to change filibuster
2 years, 11 months ago

Voting bill collapses, Democrats unable to change filibuster

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights leaders say is vital to protecting democracy collapsed late Wednesday when two senators refused to join their own party in changing Senate rules to overcome a Republican filibuster after a raw, emotional debate. Despite a day of piercing debate and speeches that often carried echoes of an earlier era when the …

US Senate sinks Biden push for major voting rights reforms
2 years, 11 months ago

US Senate sinks Biden push for major voting rights reforms

Deccan Chronicle  

WASHINGTON: US senators dealt a death blow Wednesday to President Joe Biden's push to defend voting rights against what Democrats frame as an all-out assault by conservative states targeting racial minorities. Faced with a blockade from Republicans complaining of federal overreach, the ruling Democrats were unable to push through the Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement …

Schumer insists failed votes on voting rights and filibuster were right thing to do
2 years, 11 months ago

Schumer insists failed votes on voting rights and filibuster were right thing to do

NPR  

Schumer insists failed votes on voting rights and filibuster were right thing to do Enlarge this image toggle caption Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is defending his decision to hold failed votes on voting rights legislation and changing the filibuster as a necessary step in …

Voting Rights Bill Dies As Manchin, Sinema Back GOP Against Filibuster Change
2 years, 11 months ago

Voting Rights Bill Dies As Manchin, Sinema Back GOP Against Filibuster Change

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The yearlong quest to enact new voting rights legislation ended in the Senate on Wednesday, with Democratic Sens. Early on, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer declared that “everything is on the table” in the effort to pass voting rights legislation. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, meanwhile, warned that a partisan filibuster rule change would “break the Senate,” …

Big voting bill faces defeat as 2 Dems won’t stop filibuster
2 years, 11 months ago

Big voting bill faces defeat as 2 Dems won’t stop filibuster

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! WASHINGTON — Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights leaders say is vital for protecting democracy appeared headed for defeat as the Senate churned into debate Tuesday, a devastating setback enabled by President Joe Biden’s own party as two holdout senators refuse to support rule changes …

EXPLAINER: Why is filibuster such a barrier to voting bill?
2 years, 11 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why is filibuster such a barrier to voting bill?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For the fifth time in recent months, Senate Republicans are expected to block Democrats’ sweeping voting legislation this week using a longstanding delaying tactic that can stop a bill in its tracks. Democrats say the GOP’s current embrace of the tactic to block progress on their voting rights bill echoes that era. It had become clear that backers …

EMILY's List Threatens To Pull Support For Kyrsten Sinema Over Voting Rights
2 years, 11 months ago

EMILY's List Threatens To Pull Support For Kyrsten Sinema Over Voting Rights

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Democratic political group EMILY’s List said it will not be supporting Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in elections moving forward if she maintains her stance of not changing filibuster rules, effectively blocking federal legislation on voting rights from passing. Adding that “the importance of voting rights outweighs that of an arcane process,” EMILY’s List warned that if Sinema holds …

Senate Democrats plan a vote to change the filibuster. So what is it?
2 years, 11 months ago

Senate Democrats plan a vote to change the filibuster. So what is it?

NPR  

Senate Democrats plan a vote to change the filibuster. We're bringing this explainer back now that Senate Democrats and President Biden are talking about changing the rule in an effort to pass a set of voting rights bills. With their effort to pass voting rights bills jammed in the Senate, some Democrats have recently backed everything from a return to …

Kyrsten Sinema Faces Backlash From Arizona Democrats For Pro-Filibuster Stance
2 years, 11 months ago

Kyrsten Sinema Faces Backlash From Arizona Democrats For Pro-Filibuster Stance

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s declaration Thursday that she will not consider changes to Senate rules in order to enact voting rights legislation spurred an immediate backlash from fellow Democrats in Arizona. Bolding assailed Sinema for defending “the antiquated Jim Crow-era filibuster.” He challenged her “to step outside of her DC bubble and take a closer look around her …

Calmes: The filibuster has an awful history. And it's become worse
2 years, 11 months ago

Calmes: The filibuster has an awful history. And it's become worse

LA Times  

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., wants to keep the filibuster. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin III of West Virginia — made plain they wouldn’t back a filibuster exception for the voting rights package, even though they supported the bill itself. Sinema, in a Senate speech echoing Manchin, said doing so over Republicans’ opposition would worsen the “disease of division …

Manchin and Sinema have been allowed to lie about the filibuster
2 years, 11 months ago

Manchin and Sinema have been allowed to lie about the filibuster

Raw Story  

We’ve now reached a critical stage in which President Biden went full force in attacking those standing in the way of voting rights, comparing them to the racists of the past, including George Wallace. And the president, in his powerful speech in Georgia yesterday in which he demanded the Senate create a filibuster carve-out for voting rights, didn’t distinguish between …

House Passes New Voting Rights Bill In Bid To Set Up Final Senate Showdown
2 years, 11 months ago

House Passes New Voting Rights Bill In Bid To Set Up Final Senate Showdown

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The House of Representatives voted 220-203, with all Democrats in support and all Republicans opposed, Thursday morning to pass a new voting rights bill called the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act as part of a plan to put the bill on the floor of the Senate for a final showdown over the chamber’s filibuster rules. …

Kamala Harris slams Joe Manchin and Republicans for failing to protect democracy over filibuster
2 years, 11 months ago

Kamala Harris slams Joe Manchin and Republicans for failing to protect democracy over filibuster

Daily Mail  

Vice President Kamala Harris slammed lawmakers who do not support President Joe Biden's agenda or his push to eliminate the filibuster, accusing them of violating their 'oath to protect and defend our Constitution' by not doing so. Vice President Kamala Harris discussed opposition to voting rights legislation during an interview with NBC News on Wednesday night Harris accused fellow Democrats …

Biden says he doesn't know if voting rights legislation can pass
2 years, 11 months ago

Biden says he doesn't know if voting rights legislation can pass

NPR  

Biden says he doesn't know if voting rights legislation can pass Enlarge this image toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images Democrats in Washington are beginning to accept the reality that they do not have the votes to pass President Biden's long-shot effort to enact new voting rights bills. Sinema and Manchin reiterate stances on filibuster Enlarge this image …

Why do Biden and the Democrats want to kill the filibuster?
2 years, 11 months ago

Why do Biden and the Democrats want to kill the filibuster?

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden on Tuesday said the U.S. Senate should consider scrapping a longstanding supermajority rule known as the 'filibuster' if necessary to pass voting-rights legislation that is opposed by Republicans. Democrats control 50 seats in the Senate, which allows them to eke together a majority with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking 51st vote when needed. Democrats were …

Democrats plan a procedural maneuver to open Senate debate on voting rights bills
2 years, 11 months ago

Democrats plan a procedural maneuver to open Senate debate on voting rights bills

NPR  

Democrats plan a procedural maneuver to open Senate debate on voting rights bills Enlarge this image toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images Past attempts to advance voting rights legislation to the floor of the Senate have failed, but Senate Democrats believe they have found a way past a procedural hurdle to at least start debate on voting rights …

Joe Manchin Lays Out Filibuster Changes He Supports
2 years, 11 months ago

Joe Manchin Lays Out Filibuster Changes He Supports

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sen. Joe Manchin outlined changes to the Senate’s filibuster rules that he would support, but remained steadfast in his opposition to getting rid of the filibuster entirely in comments to congressional reporters on Tuesday. Manchin’s comments come as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer reiterated his commitment to hold another vote as early as Wednesday on federal voting …

Biden calls for changes to the Senate's filibuster to pass voting rights bills
2 years, 11 months ago

Biden calls for changes to the Senate's filibuster to pass voting rights bills

NPR  

Biden calls for changes to the Senate's filibuster to pass voting rights bills Enlarge this image toggle caption Patrick Semansky/AP Patrick Semansky/AP President Biden on Tuesday delivered a fiery speech on what he called "the battle for the soul of America," urging an outright rejection of GOP-led efforts to restrict Americans' rights to vote. Biden backed changing Senate rules "whichever …

McConnell: Democrats shouldn't use January 6 to push voting rights bills
2 years, 11 months ago

McConnell: Democrats shouldn't use January 6 to push voting rights bills

Daily Mail  

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said it was 'beyond distasteful' for Democrats to use the anniversary of the deadly January 6 Capitol attack to get voting rights bills passed. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has advocated changing the upper chamber's filibuster rules to get voting rights bills passed. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said it was 'beyond distasteful' for Democrats …

Essential Politics: Voting rights bill on the brink
2 years, 11 months ago

Essential Politics: Voting rights bill on the brink

LA Times  

When Vice President Kamala Harris was asked last month by Charlamagne Tha God whether Joe Biden or Sen. Joe Manchin III is “the real president of this country,” her fiery response became a viral moment. This week, I’ll discuss the state of play on the issue as we approach the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection and Democrats set a …

Manchin wary of changing Senate rules to advance voting bill
2 years, 11 months ago

Manchin wary of changing Senate rules to advance voting bill

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin sounded a skeptical note Tuesday about the prospects of easing the Senate’s filibuster rules, raising doubts about whether he will provide crucial support to the Democrats’ renewed push for voting legislation they say is needed to protect democracy. In a letter Monday to colleagues, Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Senate “must evolve” and will “debate and …

Schumer tees up vote on rules change if voting rights legislation is blocked
2 years, 11 months ago

Schumer tees up vote on rules change if voting rights legislation is blocked

NPR  

Schumer tees up vote on rules change if voting rights legislation is blocked Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has vowed the Senate will forge ahead on voting rights legislation and will vote on changing the rules of the upper chamber by Jan. 17 if the GOP once again …

One More Voting Rights Filibuster Will Soon Cause A Final Showdown In The Senate
3 years, 2 months ago

One More Voting Rights Filibuster Will Soon Cause A Final Showdown In The Senate

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sometime this fall, Senate Democrats will bring a second major voting rights legislation to the floor: the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would restore sections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that were gutted by the conservative Supreme Court. “The Senate needs to be restored to the status of the world’s greatest deliberative body,” Senate …

Senate GOP again blocks Democrats’ election bill
3 years, 2 months ago

Senate GOP again blocks Democrats’ election bill

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For the third time this year, Senate Democrats on Wednesday tried to pass sweeping elections legislation that they tout as a powerful counterweight to new voting restrictions sweeping conservative-controlled states. “I’ve concluded that democracy itself is more important than any Senate rule,” said King, who acknowledged that weakening the filibuster would likely prove to be a “double-edged sword” …

Voting rights bill dies in Senate, amping up pressure to end filibuster
3 years, 2 months ago

Voting rights bill dies in Senate, amping up pressure to end filibuster

LA Times  

Sen. Joe Manchin III co- Congressional Democrats’ hopes to expand voting rights died on Wednesday afternoon when Senate Republicans blocked voting on a bill that would have established election day as a public holiday and created minimum standards for nationwide voting access. Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Wednesday said the Senate is a place where lawmakers “debate, forge compromise, …

Democrats' biggest push for voting rights fails with no Republicans on board
3 years, 2 months ago

Democrats' biggest push for voting rights fails with no Republicans on board

NPR  

Democrats' biggest push for voting rights fails with no Republicans on board Enlarge this image toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Senate Democrats' most forceful and perhaps last push for major voting rights legislation this year was blocked by a Republican filibuster on Wednesday afternoon. Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat, said that …

Voting Rights Activists Press Biden To Back Filibuster Changes For Major Election Bills
3 years, 2 months ago

Voting Rights Activists Press Biden To Back Filibuster Changes For Major Election Bills

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― More than 100 voting rights activists marched to the White House on Tuesday to urge President Joe Biden to endorse changes to Senate filibuster rules that would allow Democrats to pass major legislation to protect and expand voting rights. “In an instance like that, the only thing that really breaks through is when the president …

Dems renew push on elections bill that GOP vows to block
3 years, 4 months ago

Dems renew push on elections bill that GOP vows to block

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Democrats are renewing their push to enact their marquee voting bill, pledging to make it the first order of business when the Senate returns in the fall even though they don’t have a clear strategy for overcoming steadfast Republican opposition. They are looking to show that Republicans will not waver in their opposition to voting and election legislation, …

Democrat efforts to advance voting and election bill blocked by Senate Republicans
3 years, 4 months ago

Democrat efforts to advance voting and election bill blocked by Senate Republicans

CNN  

CNN — Senate Republicans blocked an attempt by Democrats to advance their signature voting and elections overhaul bill in the early hours of Wednesday morning. 〜We have reached a point in this chamber where Republicans appear to oppose any measure no matter how common sense to protect voting rights and strengthen our democracy,〝 Schumer said on the Senate floor. Despite …

John Roberts and the Supreme Court might block anything Democrats do on voting rights
3 years, 4 months ago

John Roberts and the Supreme Court might block anything Democrats do on voting rights

CNN  

CNN — A key piece of congressional Democrats’ voting rights push faces not only a near-impossible odds of becoming law, but also a daunting court battle in front of a conservative judiciary if it does. The legislation, known as the “John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act,” is now a focus of the House and is expected to be part of …

Biden blasts ‘un-American’ voting limits; Texas Dems act
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden blasts ‘un-American’ voting limits; Texas Dems act

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden declared preserving voting rights an urgent national “test of our time” on Tuesday but offered few concrete proposals to meet it. Biden called passage of congressional proposals to override new state voting restrictions and to restore parts of the Voting Rights Act that were curbed in recent years by the Supreme Court “a national imperative.” …

Want to bring bipartisanship back? End the filibuster now
3 years, 5 months ago

Want to bring bipartisanship back? End the filibuster now

Salon  

Monday night, Democrats in the Texas state legislature were forced to flee. As they did over Memorial Day weekend, when they fled the first attempt by Republicans to crack down on voting, Texas Democrats held a press conference to shame Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, the two Democratic holdouts who refuse to let …

Transcript: Vice President Harris On Voting Rights, The Filibuster And The Courts
3 years, 5 months ago

Transcript: Vice President Harris On Voting Rights, The Filibuster And The Courts

NPR  

Transcript: Vice President Harris On Voting Rights, The Filibuster And The Courts Enlarge this image toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Vice President Harris is leading the Biden administration's efforts on voting rights. He's said not to end it entirely, but to carve out an exception that could allow Democrats to pass voting rights legislation with a simple …

Election bill defeat revives fight over the filibuster
3 years, 6 months ago

Election bill defeat revives fight over the filibuster

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The filibuster is here to stay, for now. And that’s posing a challenge to President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress confronting a wall of Republican opposition led by Senate leader Mitch McConnell’s “100%” focus on stopping their agenda. “Now you see what a filibuster does to a Democratic agenda.” The downfall of the elections bill offers an …

EXPLAINER: What’s next now that GOP has blocked voting bill?
3 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINER: What’s next now that GOP has blocked voting bill?

Associated Press  

Senate Republicans have blocked debate of a sweeping overhaul of how elections are run in the U.S. The bill was pushed by congressional Democrats who argued it was needed to counter a spate of new GOP laws this year tightening voting rules in the states. Sinema supports the voting reform bill but argued in a recent opinion piece that the …

GOP filibuster blocks Democrats’ big voting rights bill
3 years, 6 months ago

GOP filibuster blocks Democrats’ big voting rights bill

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Democrats’ sweeping attempt to rewrite U.S. election and voting law suffered a major setback in the Senate Tuesday, blocked by a filibuster wall of Republican opposition to what would be the largest overhaul of the electoral system in a generation. The vote leaves the Democrats with no clear path forward, though President Joe Biden declared, “This fight …

Senate Republicans block voting rights legislation
3 years, 6 months ago

Senate Republicans block voting rights legislation

The Hindu  

A procedural vote to begin debate on a voting rights bill backed by Democrats, failed to pass the U.S. Senate on Monday, after Senators voted 50-50 along party lines. The ‘For the People Act’, which sought to make access to voting easier across the country, in response to Republican-backed measures to tighten voting laws in several states, met with a …

What’s Next In The Filibuster Fight After Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill
3 years, 6 months ago

What’s Next In The Filibuster Fight After Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Republicans used the filibuster to block debate on the sweeping voting rights, campaign finance, redistricting and ethics reform bill that congressional Democrats introduced as their top priority after winning control of the White House and both chambers of Congress. Democrats who support changing the filibuster rules used the GOP blockade of the voting rights bill as a …

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