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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. 

January 5, 2022

McConnell slams Senate Democrats for invoking Jan 6 to push filibuster changes: 'Surreal'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell slammed Democrats in a floor speech Wednesday for using the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to justify proposed filibuster reform to pass election legislation. 

January 4, 2022

Schumer admits filibuster vote is 'uphill' climb amid ongoing 'private' talks with Manchin, Sinema

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Tuesday he's been having "private" conversations with two holdout Democratic senators on carving out changes to the filibuster and admitted pushing through a rule change will be an "uphill climb."