Tag: Senate Filibuster Rules

McConnell: If Democrats Eliminate Filibuster the Senate Will Be ‘100-Car Pileup’

March 17, 2021
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) sent another warning to Democrats about what would happen if they heed the calls from their party to eliminate the Senate filibuster rule, the 60-vote threshold that allows the minority party to have some influence over legislation. “It would not open up an express lane for the Biden presidency…

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Senate Democrats Reintroduce Bill for DC Statehood

January 27, 2021
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Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) led over three dozen of his Democrat colleagues to introduce a companion bill for Washington, D.C.’s statehood on Tuesday. A similar bill passed the House last year and will now face a Democrat-controlled Senate to determine if D.C. will become the 51st state. The effort for statehood, which would endow the…

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McConnell Ready To Negotiate Senate Power Sharing Agreement, but Warns of Consequences if Filibuster Is Not Honored

January 27, 2021
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has circumvented the Senate majority leader to obtain guarantees from two Democrat senators that they will vote with Republicans to keep the legislative filibuster threshold. But he warned of a “scorched earth” Senate if the rule is not kept. With no commitment from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)…

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Biden Still Against Ending Filibuster, Says Press Secretary

January 22, 2021
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President Joe Biden remains opposed to ending the filibuster rule, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki. When asked at a press briefing on Friday on whether Biden’s position on the rule had changed, Psaki replied bluntly: “He has spoken to this many times. His position has not changed.”  Last year Biden went on the record as…

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