January 12, 2022 Senate filibuster fight: What's in Democrats' voting bills at center of showdown? Senate Democrats will force a vote on rolling back the filibuster rules in an effort to pass sweeping voting reform legislation in the coming days.
January 12, 2022 How Democrats might approach altering the filibuster for voting rights Chuck Schumer has not yet tipped his hand to what sort of votes the Senate may take in the coming days regarding voting rights or a potential vote or votes alter the filibuster.
January 11, 2022 McConnell threatens Senate shutdown if Democrats nuke filibuster Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republicans will make life very difficult for Senate Democrats if they get rid of the chamber's 60-vote filibuster.
January 11, 2022 Democrats defend flip-flopping on 2017 pledge to preserve filibuster Democrats doubled down Tuesday on changing the Senate filibuster, despite authoring a 2017 letter in support of the long-established 60-vote threshold for certain legislation.
January 11, 2022 Republicans blast Schumer, Dems for attacking filibuster they used to support: 'What's changed?' More than a dozen Senate Republicans Tuesday lambasted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democrats as hypocrites over their push to defang the chamber's 60-vote filibuster rule.
January 10, 2022 RNC calls out Senate Democrats on filibuster hypocrisy in new memo Senate Democrats fell into the RNC’s sights over their push to dismantle the filibuster after the blue party’s decades-long fight to preserve the measure.
January 10, 2022 Manchin and Sinema could scuttle another major Democrat effort, this time on the filibuster and elections After refusing to back President Biden's economic agenda, Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema may stand in the way of a filibuster change to allow Democrats to pass an elections bill on party lines.
January 8, 2022 Biden, Obama pay tribute to late Sen. Harry Reid Former President Barack Obama remembered former Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., as a dogged fighter who defied the odds to become one of the most powerful and successful politicians in America.
January 7, 2022 Manchin pressured to back filibuster changes by Clinton, Obama, Oprah West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is getting pressure from powerful corners of the Democratic Party to change his stance on the Senate filibuster to pass voting reforms.
January 7, 2022 Flashback: Schumer slammed Republicans for attempting to ‘change the rules’ on the filibuster in 2003 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is leading an effort in the Senate to peel back the filibuster after fiercely defending the 60-vote rule as a way to bring "balance" to the upper chamber.
