Forty-five senators vote that the case to impeach former President Trump is unconstitutional, the Biden Administration’s order freezing deportations has been temporarily blocked, and the Senate Minority leader now has a better chance of keeping the ability to filibuster.
McConnell to Break Stalemate Over Senate Control After Filibuster Assurances
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday announced that he is ready to move forward on a power-sharing agreement with Senate Democrats after securing assurances that they will not vote to remove the legislative filibuster. “Today, two Democratic Senators confirmed that they will not end the legislative filibuster. They agree with President Biden’s and…
Durbin Says Senate Should Consider Scrapping Filibuster
Amid heated debate about doing away with the Senate’s filibuster rule, a proposal so contentious it has been dubbed the “nuclear option,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that Democrats should consider abolishing the filibuster if Republicans use it to thwart the Democrats’ priority legislation. Progressives have been pushing to…
McConnell and Schumer Lock Over Senate Power-Sharing Deal Due to Filibuster Spat
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) are at at loggerheads over a power-sharing arrangement in the 50-50 split upper chamber, with a rift over the filibuster rule keeping the two from reaching a deal on how to manage proceedings. Schumer and McConnell started talking earlier this week about…
Sen. Rand Paul: For America to Begin to Heal and Unite, Senate Must Halt Impeachment
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has said that for the United States to begin truly healing, President Joe Biden should publicly call on Senate leadership to halt the impeachment of President Donald Trump. In an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, Paul said that “if [Biden] thinks he’s going bring the country together by impeaching a former president,…
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