The Pennsylvania Democrat once argued that the Senate filibuster stood in the way of action. He now says the rule protects ...
Trump urges John Thune to eliminate the Senate filibuster or cancel August recess until lawmakers pass the SAVE Act election integrity bill.
Sen. John Fetterman announced in an op-ed Monday that he no longer supports ending the legislative filibuster, showing yet another break from the left-wing of the Democratic Party. The Pennsylvania ...
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman has flip-flopped on a key issue he ran on in 2022 — eliminating the Senate filibuster. On June 2, the Pennsylvania Democrat sat down with Katie Miller, wife of White House ...
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Filibuster

The filibuster was designed for a different political era. Is it still worth preserving? Cornyn wrote an op-ed in March in which he said he’d be open to changing the filibuster in order to pass the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) on Sunday defended the filibuster, saying the U.S. needs it in the Senate. Sasse wrote in a Wall ...
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It’s a scenario that has played out repeatedly for decades in the Senate: A narrow majority, intent on getting its way on legislation it prioritizes, is held back by the filibuster, and threatens to ...
The total collapse of Democrats' effort to enact a national voting rights standard.The 60-vote threshold to overcome the filibuster and pass legislation in the Senate seems as immovable as ever. But ...