Filibuster

It is crucial to “get rid of the filibuster” in order to get stuff done legislatively, Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said during a Tuesday appearance on Breitbart News Daily.

Two-time failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said the Save America Act could make it harder for several groups to participate in close elections, which she argued could benefit Republicans.

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Friday to pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents as checkpoint lines at airports have spiked amid the Democrats’ shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.

President Donald Trump has had “enough” of Democrats and Republicans negotiating Department of Homeland Security funding and the SAVE America Act as he calls for the termination of the filibuster.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) told Breitbart News that the planned vote on the SAVE America Act will reveal who is fighting for secure elections and who fears them.

Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) told Breitbart News Saturday that passing the SAVE America Act through the Senate comes down to “math,” and if enough Senate Republicans would back a “talking filibuster.”

Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) abrupt conversion to support eliminating the filibuster if necessary to pass President Donald Trump’s agenda lasted for about a cup of coffee.

Pro-Trump Kentucky Senate Republican candidate Nate Morris said that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), whom he hopes to replace in the Senate, is doing everything he can to block the Save America Act and enacting national voter ID to vote.

Last summer, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is “a real Republican” who is trying to make it appear he is a MAGA Republican in order to keep his seat.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he would consider dropping out of the Texas Republican Senate primary runoff if the Senate lifts the filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is still dragging his feet on using the “talking filibuster” tactic to get the SAVE America Act passed, arguing that there is not a “unified Republican conference” to do so and that it would be “very hard” to end the ongoing partial government shutdown.

President Donald Trump called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) during his State of the Union address to get him to invoke a talking filibuster on the SAVE America Act — but Thune has still not committed to doing so.

On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Saturday in America,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said that Democrats, including him, who wanted to eliminate the filibuster “were very wrong about that,” and said that “we wanted to eliminate it, now

Only one House Democrat voted in favor of legislation that would require voter ID to prove citizenship in elections. The U.S. House of Representatives was able to pass the election integrity bill, despite opposition from all but one Democrat — a stark

On Friday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said that while he wouldn’t eliminate the filibuster to grant statehood to Puerto Rico or Washington D.C. or expand the Supreme Court, he might do so when Democrats have

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) is cosponsoring the SAVE America Act from Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), he told Breitbart News exclusively.

If Republicans want to put real wins on the board for the American people, it starts with ending the Senate filibuster.

During an appearance on this week’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) argued against abolishing the 60-vote filibuster in the U.S. Senate.

Kentucky businessman and Republican Senate candidate Nate Morris explained why Republicans must nuke the filibuster, explaining that if Democrats were to take power, they would not hesitate to pack the Supreme Court with leftist justices and grant amnesty to illegal aliens.

Kentucky Senate Republican candidates Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) and former state Attorney General Daniel Cameron have refused to back President Donald Trump’s call to scrap the Senate filibuster, while businessman Nate Morris endorsed the president’s move.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) responded to a question on his past support for abolishing the filibuster by saying that “We don’t need a procedural fix at this point.” Host Dana Bash asked, “One

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) responded to his past advocacy for eliminating the filibuster by saying that “I think, right now, we should maintain the filibuster.” And the filibuster is supposed to make the

During CNN’s Election Night coverage on Tuesday, House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) argued that the government shutdown is the fault of Republicans and they “refuse” to eliminate the filibuster to get around Democratic opposition in order to reopen

President Donald Trump pushed for the nuclear option to fund the government on Tuesday, day 35 of the Democrat-led government shutdown. 

On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) argued that the government shutdown is the fault of Republicans because they’re in charge of the House, Senate, and White House and said that “if they want the votes

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that Republicans “need Democratic votes” to end the government shutdown “because of the filibuster,” and he still wants to eliminate the filibuster like he did back in 2021

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) blamed Republicans for the government shutdown and said they’re “asking Democrats to support a partisan Republican spending bill that continues to gut the health care of

President Donald Trump called on Senate Republicans to “initiate the nuclear option” and end the filibuster as the government shutdown continues with no end in sight.

On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) said that Republicans should have killed the filibuster to go around Democratic opposition on the government shutdown and they “should work with Democrats, and if they won’t,

On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) stated that while abolishing the filibuster isn’t on the table for Republicans, they are discussing “a nuclear option that goes into effect when we go into a shutdown that

On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) discussed the government shutdown and stated that he thinks that the U.S. Senate “Absolutely” should eliminate the filibuster and let Republicans pass a bill to re-open the government on a

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) said that if the government shutdown continues, “I would advocate to my colleagues, let’s make this a Republican-only vote, let’s re-open the government, let’s reform health

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that Republicans can just eliminate the filibuster to pass legislation to end the government shutdown without Democrats, and doing so “would make this country function

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) argued that the shutdown is the fault of Republicans because they can just change the rules to get around Democrats filibustering. Host Lawrence O’Donnell said, “[O]n the Senate

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) argued that Republicans can avoid a government shutdown by themselves because “They can get rid of the filibuster” in order to keep the government open, but they can’t expect

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) responded to questions on Democrats using the filibuster to block legislation to prevent a government shutdown by stating that “The filibuster has been used to block civil rights legislation