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The Laken Riley Act defeated the legislative filibuster during a procedural vote on Thursday, amassing more than 60 votes to advance it to a final vote. The measure sailed past the filibuster by a ...
For the fifth time in recent months, Senate Republicans are expected to block Democrats’ sweeping voting legislation this week using a longstanding delaying tactic that can stop a bill in its ...
An anti-gerrymandering measure will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot in Ohio. Rep. Bill Pascrell. D-N.J., wears a John Lewis lapel pin as he leaves the House Chambers at the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 24 ...
With Democrats now holding the Senate majority, talk of eliminating the filibuster has ramped up. "A filibuster is really extended debate, extended amending activity, whatever it takes to block ...
Here’s why Ohio Issue 1, a proposal to end gerrymandering, failed Ohio voters resoundingly rejected Issue 1, a proposal to replace elected officials with a citizen commission to draw ...
The filibuster is central to the identity of the Senate and should remain in place. The Senate was set up to represent the will of the states and to balance against the will of the people as ...
The Senate filibuster rule, which requires a 60-vote threshold to end debate and pass most types of legislation in the upper chamber, is seen as the best chance Democrats have at blocking the ...
Ohio Issue 1 results You will find live, updated results here when the polls close at 7:30. A vote against Issue 1 would keep redistricting rules that Ohioans approved in 2015 and 2018.