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The Ohio Collective Bargaining Limit Repeal appeared on the November 8, 2011 general election ballot in the state of Ohio as a veto referendum.Senate Bill 5 (SB5) was repealed by Ohio voters after a campaign by firefighters, police officers and teachers against the measure, [1] which would have limited collective bargaining for public employees in the state.
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 ...
The U.S. Senate's "filibuster" rule requires 60 votes in the 100-seat chamber to advance most legislation. Republicans will start next year with a 53-47 Senate majority, which would require seven ...
Another example of filibuster in Canada federally came in early 2014 when NDP MP and Deputy Leader David Christopherson filibustered the government's bill C-23, the Fair Elections Act at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee. [24] His filibuster lasted several meetings, in the last of which he spoke for over 8 hours.
Controversial Ohio database searches of Joe Wurzelbacher occurred during the last few weeks of the 2008 US Presidential election campaign, when Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) employees, and Ohio officials, became embroiled in a controversy over searches of Joe Wurzelbacher's government records after he came to national attention as "Joe the Plumber."
Eliminating the filibuster would make it much easier for Democrats to pass President Joe Biden's biggest policy proposals. With Democrats now holding the Senate majority, talk of eliminating the ...
The opposing view treasures the filibuster as often the only way to prevent radical policies from becoming law without bipartisan input. The objection is that the filibuster thwarts democracy.
Sen. Strom Thurmond speaks with reporters after ending the longest filibuster on record — a 24-hour, 18-minute talkathon against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 in the Senate Chamber — Washington ...