“TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER NOW … END THE RIDICULOUS SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATELY,” President Trump wrote on Truth Social. And, also in capital letters, he explained why: “AND THEN, MOST IMPORTANTLY, PASS EVERY ...
Whenever you hear someone argue that the Founding Fathers actually wanted the Senate to have a filibuster, I doubt this person actually knows what the heck they are talking about. In fact, if you go ...
President Donald Trump isn't dropping his quest to eliminate the filibuster. That's going to get complicated for Senate Republicans in an election year. The president's fixation with undoing the ...
FIGHTING THE GOVERNMENT-CLOSING DEMOCRATIC FILIBUSTER. In the last week or so, there have been two conflicting interpretations of what is going on among the Senate Democrats who are using the ...
Dec. 27 (UPI) --President Donald Trump and Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent urged an end to the Senate filibuster rule ahead of an anticipated budget battle in January. Bessent submitted an op-ed that The ...
I have some more observations on the never-ending “talking filibuster” caper. 1. The president has made it clear that he wants the SAVE America Act to pass. The problem is that the version he’s ...
Democrats must defeat the SAVE America Act without elevating the filibuster—a historically abused tool that has long been used to block civil rights and could again stand in the way of protecting ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to reporters during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol amid ongoing government shutdown discussions, in Washington WASHINGTON (CN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on ...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is on a collision course with President Donald Trump over nixing a longstanding legislative tool to end the 36-day government shutdown. Thune, who pledged to defend ...
I know, I suck. I can hear some of you formulating the strongly worded email already. It doesn’t matter. You’re free to still send it, but it is not going to change my mind. Why did I come to this ...