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2. Explainer-How Republicans plan to pass Trump's agenda through ...

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   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 ...

3. Voting bill blocked by GOP filibuster, Dems try rules change

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   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 ...

4. House passes voting rights package, setting up Senate ... - AOL

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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 ...

5. Reconciliation (United States Congress) - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

6. Filibuster in the United States Senate - Wikipedia

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   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]

7. Filibuster - Wikipedia

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   MPs are allowed to give such speeches each time a vote takes place, and many votes were needed before the bill could be passed. As the Conservative Party of Canada held a majority in the House, the bill passed. [11] [12] This was the longest filibuster since the 1999 Reform Party of Canada filibuster, on native treaty issues in British Columbia ...

8. Live coverage: Senate sends bill to avert shutdown to Biden’s ...

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   The Senate has sent a stopgap government funding bill to President Biden’s desk, averting a shutdown. The bill passed the House earlier in the day, wrapping up a whirlwind week on Capitol Hill ...

9. List of bills in the 114th United States Congress - Wikipedia

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   For the bill to become law, both houses must agree to identical versions of the bill. After passage by both houses, a bill is enrolled and sent to the president for signature or veto. Bills from the 114th Congress that have successfully completed this process become public laws, listed as Acts of the 114th United States Congress.