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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 ...
President Joe Biden will use a speech in Georgia to endorse changing Senate filibuster rules that have stalled voting rights legislation, saying it’s time to choose “democracy over autocracy.”
President Biden called for a change to the filibuster after months of activists pushing him to do so. However, some members of his party are hesitant to alter the rules.
The fate of the Senate filibuster is on the ballot in the 2024 election, as Democrats rally around weakening it to codify abortion rights and bolstering federal voting rights.
Just minutes before Biden’s planned speech, the Democratic U.S. Senator from Arizona said again that she opposes changing the filibuster rule, suggesting the 60-vote rule forces bipartisan dialogue.
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 ...
With Democrats now holding the Senate majority, talk of eliminating the filibuster has ramped up. "A filibuster is really extended debate, extended amending activity, whatever it takes to block ...
President Biden for the first time Tuesday publicly endorsed changing the Senate's filibuster rules so if a senator wanted to block a bill, he or she would have to earn it. ABC News' George ...