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
The Texas Senate passed the “Big Beautiful Map” shortly after midnight Saturday morning. The party-line vote to approve the map came after a planned filibuster by Senator Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) was canceled by Republican senators using a parliamentary procedure.
In anonymous comments to Axios, two disgruntled House Democrats grumbled about Jeffries leaving his colleagues in the dark about his plans to essentially filibuster the passage of President Donald Trump’s agenda through the budget reconciliation bill.
Hakeem Jeffries has long portrayed the Senate filibuster as an obstacle to progress and repeatedly called for its elimination but now he is invoking his own version of procedural delay by using the House’s ‘magic minute’ to stall a final vote on the One Big Beautiful bill.
The Senate parliamentarian on Sunday ruled that eight more provisions of the Big Beautiful Bill cannot pass through the chamber without 60 votes.
The Senate Parliamentarian on Saturday ruled that the Big Beautiful Bill’s provisions limiting funding for sanctuary cities and restraining federal courts’ ability to issue preliminary injunctions cannot be included in Trump’s landmark legislation without a 60-vote majority.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) will be cashing in on his record-setting filibuster with his new book, Stand, set to hit shelves in November.
Senate Democrats have claimed that Republicans undermined the Senate filibuster while they have moved to repeal it outright for years.
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Briefing,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) stated that Democrats “should have gotten rid of the filibuster when we had control,” and she’s now concerned Republicans will bypass the filibuster to make changes on immigration in
Nearly 90 percent of Republican voters approve of Senate Republicans’ feverish work to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominees, according to a poll exclusively obtained by Breitbart News.
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said that if 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris is elected and Democrats control both chambers of Congress, Harris should “suspend or eliminate
Vice President Kamala Harris called for eliminating the Senate filibuster during a Wednesday CNN town hall.
Several Senate Democrats are joining Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in her call to end the filibuster in order to pass legislation that would federalize abortion and wipe out pro-life state laws.
Democrats are debating over Vice President Kamala Harris’s latest stance against the filibuster after she demanded to end it in order to codify abortion rights, with some notable senators warning that if “you change it for one thing, you change it for everything.”
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) backed 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris’ call to eliminate the filibuster over abortion and stated that while there aren’t the votes to do
Kamala Harris expressed her desire to end the Senate filibuster this week, a total reversal from her 2017 pledge.
Two pro-abortion rights Senators turned on Vice President and Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris over her call to end the filibuster to codify protections for almost unrestricted abortion.
Kamala Harris called to end the filibuster over abortion, a move that has far greater implications for the balance of power in the U.S.
National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) chairman Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) warned in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News last month that the Democrats have “radical” power-grabbing plans for the United States if they hold the majority in the upper chamber of Congress.
Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Monday on MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports” that if the Democrats win majorities in Congress and the White House, they will ditch the filibuster to legalize abortion nationwide.
Democrats are calling a Nebraska Republican proposal to return the state to a winner-take-all electoral vote system as a “threat to democracy” – despite all other states but Nebraska and Maine allocating votes via that method.E
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), who is running to fill one of Michigan’s U.S. Senate seats in 2024, touted a partnership Wednesday she made with a left-wing group that pushes extreme policy positions such as abolishing cash bail, amnesty for illegals, and ending the filibuster.
Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), who is running to replace retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), said Monday on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” that the Senate’s filibuster rule “needs to go.”
Representative Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) said Monday on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” that the 60-vote filibuster rule in the Senate was “a tool of obstruction” after he officially launched a bid for Kyrsten Sinema’s (I-AZ) Senate seat. Host Lawrence O’Donnell asked, “Let’s go
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) said on Tuesday that she ultimately left the Democratic Party over the “partisanship” in the “deeply broken two-party system.”
Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) reaffirmed their support for, and high-fived over, upholding the filibuster rule in the United States Senate last year during a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week.
The filibuster is a kill switch that “perpetuates white supremacy,” radical far-left Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) said Monday, calling for its abolishment.
