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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 ...
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 ...
Harris wants Congress to pass a national law codifying access to a safe abortion. The support of 60 senators is required to pass most legislation in the upper chamber at present.
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 ...
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 ...
One of the most notable filibusters of the 1960s occurred when southern senators attempted to block the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by filibustering for a continuous 75 hours, including a 14-hour-and-13-minute address by Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia. After 60 days of consideration of the bill, cloture was invoked by a 71 ...
In his maiden floor speech as Senate majority leader, Sen. John Thune of South Dakota used his first few minutes of floor time to make a commitment to defend the filibuster rule, which requires at ...
Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats have called for a "carve-out" from the filibuster to codify Roe v. Wade nationwide, while former President Donald Trump has endorsed curtailing the ...