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Nebraska hasn't passed a single bill this year because one lawmaker keeps filibustering in protest of an anti-trans bill: 'I will burn this session to the ground'
Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh filibustered every bill in this year's session in opposition to a bill that…
Azmi Haroun,Hannah Getahun
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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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Inside Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's long, messy breakup with Arizona Democrats
Seven members of the Arizona Democratic Party described to Insider their organization's frustration…
Kayla Epstein
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The Arizona Democratic Party unanimously voted to censure Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for voting to uphold the filibuster
Sinema invoked the wrath of national and home state Democrats when she voted to keep the Senate fil…
Kayla Epstein
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Bernie Sanders alumni are leading the effort to replace Kyrsten Sinema, and just got a boost from their old boss
Scattered among at least three different efforts to primary Sinema in Arizona are several notable S…
Kayla Epstein
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Senate votes down change to its filibuster rules, dealing the fatal blow to Democrats' voting-rights push
The vote is a major setback for President Joe Biden's domestic agenda and for congressional Democra…
Grace Panetta
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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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Progressives want to unseat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, and Rep. Ruben Gallego, a Latino and veteran, is emerging as a favorite
Gallego, a Marine turned Arizona congressman has not shied away from criticizing Sinema in recent w…
Kayla Epstein
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Pro-choice PAC Emily's List will cease support for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema over voting rights: 'She will find herself standing alone in the next election'
The statement comes after Sinema doubled down on her opposition to overhauling the filibuster, effe…
Erin Snodgrass
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s family says 'we're tired of being patient,' urges Democrats to pass voting rights legislation
"If you can deliver an infrastructure bill for bridges, you can deliver voting rights for Americans…
Kayla Epstein
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's filibuster speech has reenergized progressive efforts to find someone to primary and oust the Arizona Democrat
Grassroots groups in Arizona are working feverishly to find someone to challenge and unseat Democra…
Kayla Epstein
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Biden said his bid to defend voting rights may be doomed after Kyrsten Sinema opposed changing the filibuster
Biden was brutally honest about the fading prospects of his voting-rights agenda. He has called for…
Tom Porter
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McConnell attacks Biden as 'profoundly unpresidential' for calling on Congress to change Senate rules and pass voting rights legislation
"I have known, liked, and personally respected Joe Biden for many years. I did not recognize the ma…
Oma Seddiq
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries blasts Republicans for their opposition to voting-rights legislation: 'What happened? Was it the election of Barack Obama?'
"Voting rights now is a partisan thing," Jeffries said, criticizing Republicans for being "largely …
John L. Dorman
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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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Barack Obama and Oprah have personally called Sen. Joe Manchin to urge him to support Senate filibuster reform, report says
With Biden's economic agenda indefinitely stalled, Democrats are mounting another push to change th…
Grace Panetta
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Sen. Tim Kaine, who was stuck in a winter storm traffic jam for 27 hours, jokes that talks on reforming Senate filibuster rules are going 'slow as my commute'
Kaine was among hundreds of motorists trapped on Virginia's I-95 for over a day after a winter stor…
Grace Panetta
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Schumer threatens to change Senate filibuster rules by Jan 17 if Republicans keep blocking voting-rights legislation
The Senate majority leader delivered an ultimatum as Democrats push to pass a bill to defend voting…
Tom Porter
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Sen. Chris Murphy says he'd 'settle' for scaled-back gun control measures 'because that will save lives'
"I won't let the perfect be the enemy of the good," Murphy said as he spoke of the realities of Sen…
John L. Dorman
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Mitch McConnell would eliminate the filibuster if he was in Democrats' shoes, Jim Acosta says
"If Mitch McConnell were in their shoes, what would he do? Given what we know, would we see him let…