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The GOP's Laken Riley Act beat the filibuster with the help of some Democrats. The bill was named for a 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student who was found dead on the University of ...
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 ...
North Carolina’s open Senate race is a crucial opportunity for Democrats to pick up a seat and get rid of the filibuster, the vice president told donors during a fundraiser in Durham.
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 ...
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 ...
Senate Democrats used the filibuster to prevent the confirmation of ten conservative court candidates nominated by Republican President George W. Bush. [1]As a result of these ten filibusters, Senate Republican leaders began to threaten to change the existing Senate rules by using the "nuclear option" (sometimes referred to as the "constitutional option").
The Democrats had been the majority party in the Senate since 2007, but only briefly did they have the 60 votes necessary to halt a filibuster. The Hill reported that Democrats would "likely" use the nuclear option in January 2013 to effect filibuster reform, [23] but the two parties managed to negotiate two packages of amendments to Senate ...
The 60-vote threshold for most legislation has forced Democrats and Republicans to cooperate on major bills, such as legislation addressing gun violence in 2022 and a $1 trillion bipartisan ...