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The House passed voting rights legislation on Thursday in a way that is intended to set up a battle in the Senate over that issue as well as the filibuster.The measure passed in a 220-203 party ...
The U.S. Senate's "filibuster" rule requires 60 votes in the 100-seat chamber to advance most legislation. ... including a $1 trillion infrastructure bill - was passed this way, as were Trump's ...
Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights groups argued is vital for protecting democracy was blocked Wednesday by a Republican filibuster, a setback for President Joe Biden and his party ...
The House later passed the American Health Care Act of 2017 as a budget reconciliation bill by a vote of 217–213 on May 4, 2017. In July, the Senate Parliamentarian advised that certain provisions of the House bill must be stricken (as extraneous non-budgetary matter) under the Byrd rule before proceeding under reconciliation. [77]
A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 201 South Evans Street in Greenville, North Carolina, as the "Malcolm J. Howard United States Courthouse", and for other purposes. S. 2255: June 24, 2021: Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2021: A bill to extend the trade adjustment assistance program for one month. S. 2293
The Senate passed a major healthcare bill in late 2009 without using the reconciliation process; because Democrats had a 60-seat super-majority in the Senate, they were able to defeat Republican attempts to block the bill via the filibuster. While the House continued to debate its own healthcare bill, Democrats lost their 60-seat Senate super ...
The political fight for voting rights and filibuster reform got a strong boost on Tuesday from President Joe Biden and The post White House turns up ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in an interview Thursday that Democrats “made progress” toward changing the Senate's filibuster rules to advance sweeping voting legislation, despite ...