The Texas Senate on Thursday passed an election reform bill after a Democrat senator ended a 15-hour filibuster. The GOP-controlled body passed Senate Bill 1 (pdf) 18–11 just moments after state Sen. Carol Alvarado, a Democrat, stopped speaking around 9 a.m. Alvarado had stood on the floor since just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Authored…
Texas Senate Passes Election Reform Bill After Democrat Ends Filibuster
Biden Opposes Abolishing Filibuster, Warns It Would Throw Congress ‘Into Chaos’
President Joe Biden on Wednesday pushed back against calls to abolish the Senate filibuster, a rule that requires a 60-vote supermajority to pass most legislation, saying that getting rid of the long-standing procedure would cast “Congress into chaos” and paralyze its work. Biden made the remarks during a televised town hall in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 21,…
Senate GOP Uses Filibuster, Blocks Democrat-Backed Paycheck Fairness Act
Senate Republicans on Tuesday used the filibuster to block a Democrat-backed bill that would address the “wage gap” that allegedly exists men and women. The Paycheck Fairness Act, which faced significant opposition, failed by a vote of 49-50, falling short of the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome the filibuster. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) missed the…
Trump Praises Manchin for Not Supporting Abolishing the Filibuster
Former President Donald Trump on Monday said Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is making the right choice in his refusal to go along with Democrat efforts to end the filibuster. “Well, it’s a very important thing. He’s doing the right thing and it’s a very important thing, otherwise you’re going to be packing the court, you’re…
Sen. Sinema: Filibuster ‘Protects the Democracy of Our Nation’
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) on Wednesday defended the filibuster as an essential tool and confirmed she will not vote to abolish it. The filibuster “is a tool that protects the democracy of our nation, rather than allowing our country to ricochet wildly every two to four years back and forth between policies,” Sinema told reporters…
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White House Putting Police Oversight Commission on Hold to Pursue Legislation: Susan Rice
Head of Biden’s Domestic Policy Council, Susan Rice, said the White House has suspended its plans to create a national police oversight commission and will instead put its energy into getting police reform legislation passed. “Based on close, respectful consultation with partners in the civil rights community, the administration made the considered judgment that a…
Sen. Sinema: Change Senators’ Behavior Instead of Axing Filibuster
One of the few Senate Democrats against eliminating the filibuster said this week that she feels lawmakers should change their behavior instead of changing the body’s rules. “When you have a place that’s broken and not working, and many would say that’s the Senate today, I don’t think the solution is to erode the rules,”…
Senate Parliamentarian Ruling Opens Option for Democrats to Pass Biden’s Infrastructure Plan via Budget Reconciliation Process
The Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, ruled in an opinion to allow the Democrats in the evenly-split 50-50 Senate to use the reconciliation process again in fiscal year 2021, a spokesman for Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Monday. The ruling potentially allows Democrats to pass President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal, dubbed the “America Jobs…
Senate Parliamentarian Ruling Lets Democrats Pass Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Without GOP Support
Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, ruled in an opinion to allow the Democrats in the evenly-split 50-50 Senate to use the reconciliation process again in fiscal year 2021, a spokesman for Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Monday. The ruling potentially allows Democrats to pass President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal, dubbed the “America Jobs Plan,”…
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