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A filibuster is a tactic used in the United States Senate to delay or block a vote on a measure by preventing debate on it from ending. [1]: 2 The Senate's rules place few restrictions on debate; in general, if no other senator is speaking, a senator who seeks recognition is entitled to speak for as long as they wish.
Harris wants Congress to pass a national law codifying access to a safe abortion. Since a 2022 Supreme Court decision overturned the Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion, about a dozen U.S. states have ...
In order to break a filibuster and clear the way for a vote, nearly two-thirds of the chamber, or 60 votes, must agree to do so. In her remarks Tuesday, Harris limited her suggestion of ending ...
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., arguably the most vulnerable senator in 2024, has said he would not eliminate the filibuster and instead would support a so-called "talking filibuster," as he did for the ...
Wade if she’s elected president – and if Democrats’ win control of Congress. "I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe,” Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, said during ...
The filibuster requires senators to pursue the former approach, at least if they want their bills to become law. It’s unfortunate that both parties’ presidential nominees have cast aside this ...
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Thursday warned that if Democrats follow through on Vice President Harris’s pledge to eliminate the filibuster to codify abortion protections ...
Henry Gaither Worthington was an attorney. He moved to Tuolumne County, California, in the early 1850s, where he studied law and began his practice. In the mid-1850s, he joined William Walker's filibustering expeditions in Mexico and Nicaragua but later opposed Walker's pro-slavery policies.