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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Vice President Harris put filibuster reform back in the spotlight this week when she told Wisconsin Public Radio that she would support a carve-out of the Senate’s filibuster rule to codify Roe v.
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 ...
Filibuster for me, but not for thee. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), an outspoken critic of the Senate filibuster, indicated Monday that she will not support axing the procedural hurdle as long as ...
Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday she wants to gut the Senate’s 60-vote legislative filibuster to push legislation codifying Roe v. Wade through Congress, upending more than a century of ...
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 ...