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Economics Did Vice President Kamala Harris told Wisconsin Public Radio: “I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe.” By doing so, Harris has made clear that the only way to preserve ...

But a talking filibuster would mean opponents would have to continuously hold the floor and thus halt all other chamber business — a strategy that proponents say would force compromise.

The Laken Riley Act defeated the legislative filibuster again during a second procedural vote on Friday, amassing more than 60 votes to advance it to a final vote. By a margin of 61-35 ...

That bar was lowered in 1975 to a three-fifths supermajority, meaning it takes 60 votes in the Senate to end debate. But filibusters, once rare and grand affairs, have become commonplace ...

A bipartisan bill to crack down on illegal immigration narrowly overcame its second and final 60-vote filibuster in the Senate on Friday, all but ensuring its eventual passage in Congress.