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McConnell’s Iran Deal Kabuki Won’t End the Filibuster

Senate Majority Leader appears to be taking last-ditch steps to stop the Iran deal, including an amendment that would prohibit President Barack Obama from lifting any sanctions until Ian lets four American captives go, and recognizes the State of Israel. However, McConnell’s ploy is just “kabuki” theater that will punish Democrats for supporting the Iran deal without stopping the deal itself.

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Cruz: Don’t End Filibuster to Repeal Obamacare, Criticizes Walker

Republican presidential candidate and Texas Senator Ted Cruz criticized Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s record on Obamacare while advocating against ending the filibuster to repeal the law on Monday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” Cruz said, “I believe ending the legislative filibuster would

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Peter King Attacks Rand Paul, Ted Cruz over NSA


Rep. Peter King (R-NY), an establishment Republican who positions himself as a defense hawk, attacked both Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) for standing up to National Security Agency (NSA) bulk collection of Americans’ data—as Paul is on the Senate floor leading a filibuster that’s lasted at least seven hours thus far.

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LIVE UPDATES: RAND FILIBUSTERS PATRIOT ACT, WILL GO AS LONG ‘AS MY LEGS CAN STAND’

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a 2016 Republican presidential candidate, has taken control of the U.S. Senate floor to filibuster the PATRIOT Act over concerns that reauthorizing the national security bill would allow the National Security Agency (NSA) to continue the unlawful bulk collection of Americans’ personal records. Breitbart News will bring live updates as this process continues here.

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Only A Third of Voters Want Lynch Confirmed as AG, Survey Says

A new Rasmussen survey indicates voters are in no hurry to see Lynch sworn in to replace Eric Holder as AG. “Just 33 percent of Likely U.S. Voters believe the Senate should confirm the federal prosecutor from Brooklyn, N.Y., to be the nation’s highest law enforcement officer,” the poll of 1,000 likely voters finds.

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McCarthy: GOP Should Abolish Filibuster

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) called for Senate Republicans to abolish the filibuster on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” on NBC. Host Chuck Todd asked McCarthy, “one way that this could change is, since Republicans do have the majority, is

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Ted Cruz at CPAC: ‘Demand Action, Not Talk’ From Candidates

Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) addressed an enthusiastic audience on Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), laying out what sounded like a presidential campaign speech in all but name. Cruz challenged conservative activists to judge him and his potential 2016 competition by their actions, not just their words, and what they had actually done to fight for conservative causes.

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Wasserman Schultz: Expect Dem Obstruction, Aggressive Filibustering

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Reid Report,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) said her Democratic colleagues will be using the filibuster aggressively. When host Joy Reid asked, “[T]he president has higher ratings and going—and going in better than ever and there

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2015: GOP Senate Should Let Democrats Filibuster in Favor of ObamaCare

As Republicans assume control of Congress this week, pundits and political observers are handicapping the odds of legislation passing the GOP controlled Senate. While House Republicans enjoy their largest majority in almost a century, Senate Republicans have just 54 seats in the Chamber. It is a solid majority but a handful of seats below the 60 vote threshold to end filibusters on legislation.