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Some Democratic Senators are threatening to override the Senate’s debate referee, amid signals that the referee has decided to exclude the Democrats’ parole-amnesty from the $1.7 trillion Build Back Better spending plan. 

Republicans rallied around House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Thursday night as he spoke on the House floor for nearly three hours before a full vote on the Build Back Better bill.

On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Cross Connection,” Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) argued for abolishing the filibuster and said the rule “was meant to keep black folks down” and has blocked legislation on things like policing. Sewell said, “You know, the filibuster

Friday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Democratic strategist Paul Begala said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made a “huge mistake” by not letting any Republicans vote for Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) compromised voting bill.

During a town hall on CNN on Thursday, President Joe Biden said that he was open to reforming or abolishing the Senate filibuster.

Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline ” that no Republicans in the Senate voting for Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) negotiated voting bill means the needle moved toward more Democratic Senators being willing to ditch the filibuster rule for a “carve-out” on voting rights.

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “José Díaz-Balart Reports,” Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) lamented the Senate filibuster as Democrats try to push through federal voting rights legislation.

A plurality of American voters blame Democrats and not Republicans for a potential debt default, a Morning Consult poll revealed Wednesday.

President Joe Biden floated the proposal Tuesday of getting rid of the filibuster rules in the Senate to raise the debt limit.

Moderate Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) political future may hinge on his “continued defense of the filibuster,” according to a poll released by Honest Election Project on Tuesday.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday again expressed support for ending the filibuster, accusing the Republican Party of not respecting the rule of law during an interview at The Atlantic Festival’s Ideas Stage.

The Senate parliamentarian’s ruling Sunday effectively kills any chance of an illegal alien amnesty through 2024, Senate conservatives and Republican aides told Breitbart News exclusively.

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show” called the Republican-led state legislatures voter laws “evil.”

Top Democrats are now calling on President Biden to lobby for “filibuster reform” in order to ram through the legislation this time around.

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) called for the filibuster to be abolished to pass abortion rights into law.

On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Velshi,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) said that “the filibuster ought not apply to anything akin to a constitutional issue.” And so Roe v. Wade “ought not be subjected to a filibuster.”  Clyburn said, “I’ve said,

Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that public opinion has shifted dramatically in favor of eliminating the filibuster so the Senate can pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.

Senate Republicans are sounding the alarm over an amnesty provision slipped into Senate Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget resolution framework that they are seeking to shove through Congress via the filibuster-proof reconciliation process. 

Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) warned Friday on ABC’s “The View” that eliminating the filibuster could result in “very negative restrictions on voting rights in the future.”

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Ayman Mohyeldin Reports,” Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) argued that “the filibuster, which is a relic of the racist past of this nation, is no longer effective in advancing the just will of a minority.” Johnson

During an interview that aired Monday on MSNBC’s “Hallie Jackson Reports,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) called for ending the Senate filibuster to push through so-called voting rights legislation.

Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), along with others, was arrested in the Hart Senate Office Building by Capitol Police on Thursday after she led a protest into the building.

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Ayman Mohyeldin Reports” that all 50 Senate Democrats support a “robust” package on voting.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) praised the “brave and persevering Texas legislators” who have fled the state to prevent the passage of voting legislation, and argued that the filibuster needs to be altered

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Don Lemon Tonight,” host Don Lemon responded to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) praising Democrats in Texas who fled the state to prevent the passage of voting legislation and denouncing the filibuster as “tyranny of the

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) will lose support among West Virginians come re-election time if he votes for a Democrat budget, via filibuster-proof reconciliation, that includes amnesty for millions of illegal aliens, a poll provided to Breitbart News reveals.

Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Hallie Jackson Reports” that “paranoid” Republicans are attempting to take away the voting rights of Black and Brown Americans because two Democrats won their U.S. Senate races in Georgia.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) suggested that there are discussions about refusing to vote for infrastructure legislation in order to pressure Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) to eliminate the filibuster. Host Joy

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) said there should be “an exemption, whatever you want to call it” to the filibuster, “for the sake of saving our fundamental democracy.” And praised the Texas legislators who

Vice President Kamala Harris suggested Tuesday on NPR that she has talked to senators about a voting rights exception to the legislative filibuster suggested to her by House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC).

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Hallie Jackson Reports,” network anchor Al Sharpton called for a workaround for the filibuster to secure more voting rights.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) slammed Democrats in the Texas state legislature for “using a filibuster to flee the state of Texas” to stop the passage of election legislation while

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) praised Texas Democrats fleeing the state to prevent the passage of voting legislation and argued that we need to abolish the filibuster due to “obstruction after obstruction” on

Former Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) said Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day” that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has too much power, which is putting the Senate on “life support.”

Left-wing actress Rosanna Arquette said in a Twitter rant that fossil fuels will be the “end of mankind,” issuing the dire warning to her 193k Twitter followers the day before Independence Day.

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” DNC Chair Jaime Harrison discussed Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and their reluctance to do away with the filibuster to pass voting legislation and stated that “Rome is on fire.