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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.
Trump pushed Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster dozens of times while he was president, but has not weighed in during this campaign on whether he would do the same if he wins a second ...
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 ...
Trump vs. Harris on abortion and the filibuster. In 2017, when he was president, Donald Trump called on Republicans in the Senate to end the filibuster so that the party could repeal the ...
A filibuster is a tactic used in the United States Senate to delay or block a vote on a measure by preventing debate on it from ending. [1]: 2 The Senate's rules place few restrictions on debate; in general, if no other senator is speaking, a senator who seeks recognition is entitled to speak for as long as they wish.
Both parties have used filibusters, or the threat of filibusters, to win concessions from the Senate majority and shape legislation on its way to ultimately becoming law. In 2015, for example ...
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 ...
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 ...