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March 17, 2021

Kamala Harris supports change to filibuster in Senate to limit minority party power

Vice President Kamala Harris supports changing the filibuster practice in the Senate in order to limit the ability of the minority party to easily block legislation, her office confirmed to Fox News Wednesday. 

March 17, 2021

Biden supports changing filibuster rules in Senate

President Biden said in an interview Tuesday that he is in favor of overhauling the filibuster rules that could help Democrats use their majority in the Senate to steamroll some legislative initiatives without so much as looking at their Republican colleagues.

March 16, 2021

McConnell says Senate will be '100-car pileup' if Dems nuke filibuster, as progressives clamor to nix rule

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell threatened on Tuesday to turn the Senate into a "hundred car pileup" and block "even the most basic aspects" of its business if Democrats get rid of the legislative filibuster as progressives are asking. 

March 12, 2021

Biden, Harris to hit battleground states to sell COVID package that passed without any GOP support

Twenty-two congressional Democratic leaders and Vice President Kamala Harris will join the president to celebrate the passage of the massive measure, but no Republicans will be present. That’s because no House or Senate Republicans crossed the aisle to vote in favor of the bill.

March 11, 2021

McConnell trashes Biden's COVID relief package as 'multitrillion-dollar Trojan horse'

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is lambasting President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief package that Democrats passed through Congress along party-line votes as "a multitrillion-dollar Trojan horse."

March 11, 2021

Trump-Scott meeting comes amid former president's friction with McConnell

Former President Trump’s expected to meet this week with Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), a source familiar with the meeting confirms to Fox News.

March 10, 2021

Sen. Rob Portman: Republican divide is 'not a policy debate,' but 'a personality issue'

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, joined "Your World" Wednesday to discuss the state of the Republican Party after former President Donald Trump fired off a cease-and-desist letter to the Republican National Committee to quit using his name on behalf of candidates that he said are "RINOS."

March 10, 2021

McConnell says 'overdone' Capitol security reminds him of war-torn Afghanistan

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell said the fortified security at the Capitol two months after the Jan. 6 riot is "overdone," and he compared the militarization in Washington, D.C., to Afghanistan. 

March 5, 2021

Senate blocks Sanders effort to add $15 minimum wage to coronavirus bill

After nearly 12 hours, the U.S. Senate voted Friday night against an effort to add a $15 minimum wage provision to a massive $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package.

March 3, 2021

Former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao faulted by DOT inspector general

The U.S. Transportation Department’s inspector general said this week it had twice asked the Justice Department under President Trump to investigate then-Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.