The rhetoric surrounding the Senate rule change that eliminated the filibuster for judicial and executive nominees has provided numerous textbook examples of how to lie with statistics.
World history is full of examples of governments that unless they have limits and controls and checks get really out of control. And the extended debate, the filibuster, that's part of that system ...
National security protocols, such as border patrol, law enforcement and disaster response, stay active during shutdowns, for example ... votes to overcome the filibuster and move forward with ...
Then, at 11:18 a.m., Sen. Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat, took to the Senate floor and started what she hoped would be a 13-hour filibuster of the abortion bill. If Davis managed to keep the ...
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), the Democrat running to succeed Sinema in Arizona, for example, supports filibuster “reform.” The ...
In its editorial, the NYT admits that its stance against the judicial filibuster “is a major change of position for us.” Actually, it’s the NYT’s second 180-degree reversal on filibusters.
I still believe that. If I were a senator, I would filibuster the House Republican bill even though the shutdown deadline is here. However, it appears that’s not going to happen. Senate Minority ...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) cited Washington Examiner reporting in his criticism Monday from the chamber floor of Democrats rekindling their love for the filibuster now that they’re ...
Harry Reid is a former Senate majority leader from Nevada. A real fix for this country would be the abolition of the Senate filibuster in all its forms, allowing for a simple majority vote ...