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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 ...
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 ...
Since a 2022 Supreme Court decision overturned the Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion, about a dozen U.S. states have passed laws banning or severely limiting abortion rights, which has become a key ...
Democrats face an uphill battle to have control of both Congress and the presidency that would allow the filibuster to be eliminated. Kamala Harris supports eliminating filibuster to reinstate ...
The filibuster lasted for 12 hours and 42 minutes (starting at 13:18, and speaking until 2:00 in the morning), [53] thus breaking the previous record held by his party-colleague Madeleine Petrovic (10 hours and 35 minutes on March 11, 1993), [54] after which the standing orders were changed, limiting speaking time to 20 minutes. [55]
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of President-elect Trump’s strongest allies in the Senate, is calling on Republicans to advance ambitious economic and border security legislation through ...
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Today's Top U.S. News Story A 'Particularly Dangerous Situation' is forecast for fire-scarred Los Angeles area Millions of Southern Californians are on edge as a final round of dangerous fire weather is forecast for the region on Wednesday, along with a rare warning of a “Particularly Dangerous Situation” for an area near where two massive ...