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As power shifts in Washington, McConnell says filibuster safe
The numbers in the Senate also could make Trump's efforts to add conservatives to the federal judiciary easier because such ...
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Graham: Use budget reconciliation to bypass filibuster and pass border security legislation
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of President-elect Trump’s strongest allies in the Senate, is calling on Republicans to ...
Tammy Baldwin, Eric Hovde take opposing views on maintaining the Senate filibuster rule
The debate over eliminating the Senate filibuster has reemerged after Kamala Harris supported ending the practice to pass ...
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GOP takes control of Senate with 3-seat pickup, but 60-vote threshold still poses agenda challenge
The GOP's first win Senate pickup this cycle came early on election night when Jim Justice, West Virginia's GOP governor, ...
Rubio: If They Win, Democrats Will Get Rid Of The Filibuster To Ram Through All Their Radical Agenda
Sen. Marco Rubio warned that Democrats will change the rules of the Senate to allow them to pass laws with a 51% Senate ...
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In Nebraska's Legislature, conservatives retain filibuster-proof majority with 1 race unsettled
Republicans retained their 33-seat majority in Nebraska's formally nonpartisan Legislature following Tuesday's election and could feasibly capture 34 seats as one race remained too close to call ...
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As dark money floods campaign, advocates hope Harris, Dems could push changes
Advocates of changing campaign finance law are hoping a Democratic sweep in the elections would help usher in a new agenda.
West Virginia MetroNews4d
Justice and Elliott, candidates for Senate, are split on whether to change the filibuster
Gov. Jim Justice, the Republican nominee for Senate whose main message is that he could help flip the majority, said in response to a MetroNews question that he generally favors keeping the filibuster ...