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Out of 18 pro-democracy bills in 2022, the US Senate filibuster torpedoed 17 of them: report
Although members of Congress voting in favor of democracy issues has increased since 2020, the legi…
Hanna Kang
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Mitch McConnell calls Kyrsten Sinema the 'most effective first-term senator' he's seen and praises her defense of the filibuster
McConnell also praised Sinema for her opposition to ending the filibuster in introductory remarks b…
Bryan Metzger,Oma Seddiq
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Democrats failing to pass the latest voting rights bill will be a 'make-or-break moment' for filibuster reform, according to progressive activists
All GOP Senators moved to block debate on a major voting rights bill that Democrats framed as the l…
Grace Panetta
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Elizabeth Warren says the filibuster has 'deep roots in racism'
In his eulogy for Rep. John Lewis, former President Barack Obama called to abolish the filibuster i…
Juliana Kaplan
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James Carville says Kyrsten Sinema won't win a Democratic primary against Ruben Gallego if she runs for reelection in 2024
"I will personally volunteer to help him fundraise because I think we can keep that seat if he runs…
John L. Dorman
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Chris Murphy texted 'Are you serious?' to Kyrsten Sinema after she expressed interest in Senate gun reform talks: NYT
Sinema has stymied some of President Joe Biden's biggest domestic agenda items, but was fully onboa…
John L. Dorman
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Senate Republicans unanimously vote down voting rights legislation, teeing up a fight over the filibuster
The vote was a major setback for Senate Democratic leaders, who now face a difficult uphill battle …
Grace Panetta
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Negotiating with Manchin is like playing on an 'Etch A Sketch' because his opinion changes based on the last person he talked to, Democrats say
"I think he listens to everybody, which is the problem. Whoever he's heard from most recently has t…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said he remains opposed to removing the filibuster, amid growing pressure from liberals to erase it
Manchin holds huge power in a Senate evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, and is putti…
Tom Porter
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Biden plans to support changing the filibuster to get voter-rights law through the Senate, reports say
The president is expected to throw his support behind changing the Senate filibuster rules in a Tue…
Sinéad Baker
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Biden agrees with Obama that the Senate filibuster is a 'Jim Crow relic' and says it's being 'abused in a gigantic way'
President Biden inched closer to endorsing Democratic efforts to abolish the rule requiring 60 vote…
Eliza Relman
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Congress is heading back to the drawing board on election reform — here's what could happen next
After Democrats' voting rights bill failed, a bipartisan agreement to reform how Congress counts el…
Grace Panetta
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Biden says eliminating the filibuster would 'throw the entire Congress into chaos' and 'nothing will get done'
Biden has frustrated voting rights advocates with his hesitancy to push for changes to the Senate f…
Grace Panetta
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Sinema and Manchin high-five over supporting the filibuster at World Economic Forum in Davos
Supporters of the filibuster maintain that it encourages bipartisanship, with both parties having t…
Charles R. Davis
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Biden says the Senate is 'a shell of its former self' in call to remove the filibuster for voting rights legislation
"The filibuster's not used by Republicans to bring the Senate together but to pull it further apart…
Oma Seddiq,Jake Lahut
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema slammed 'false pressure' to reach a filibuster-proof 60 votes in newly unearthed 2010 video
Sinema and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin are the only two Democrats who've vocalized staunch oppos…
Eliza Relman
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Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he'll oppose the sweeping voting-rights legislation backed by his party
The For the People Act seeks to end partisan gerrymandering, blunt voter purges, and expand early a…
John L. Dorman
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Bernie Sanders says he would support primary challengers to Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema if they continue to oppose scrapping filibuster
As the Senate considers changing debate rules, Sanders told reporters that the two moderates will "…
Bryan Metzger
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Sen. Raphael Warnock says that voting rights must pass 'no matter what'
During a CNN interview, Warnock said that while passing an infrastructure bill is vital, protecting…
John L. Dorman
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Trump says it would be 'catastrophic for the Republican Party' if the Senate kills the filibuster
Trump sang a different tune when he was in the White House and Republicans controlled the Senate.