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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 ...
Some Democrats are sounding an early alarm on the prospect of reforming the Senate’s filibuster rule in 2025 if they keep control of the White House and Senate and win a House majority, setting ...
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 ...
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.
The Gang of 14 was a bipartisan group of Senators in the 109th United States Congress who successfully, at the time, negotiated a compromise in the spring of 2005 to avoid the deployment of the so-called "nuclear option" by Senate Republican Majority over an organized use of the filibuster by Senate Democrats.
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 ...
The 2026 Ohio gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the next governor of Ohio. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike DeWine is term-limited and ineligible to seek a third consecutive term.
Sharon Kennedy, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (2023–present) [12] Frank LaRose, Ohio secretary of state (2019–present) and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2024 [8] [9] Josh Mandel, former Ohio state treasurer (2011–2019), nominee for U.S. Senate in 2012 and candidate in 2018 and 2022 [13] Robert Sprague, Ohio state treasurer (2019 ...