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Weekslong filibuster grinds state legislature to a halt over transgender youth care

(LINCOLN, Neb.) -- For the past three weeks, Nebraska State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh has been on an endless run, speaking on the Senate floor on just about every topic: legislation, fish fries, Girl Scout cookies and the movie "Madagascar."The state's non-partisan, single-chamber legislature is ...
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Sinema opposes Biden’s call for filibuster exception to pass abortion rights

(WASHINGTON) -- Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema remains committed to upholding the Senate filibuster, a spokesperson said Friday, a day after President Joe Biden said he would support making an exception to codify abortion rights in federal law."Senator Sinema's position on the filibuster has not ...
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Biden backs exception to Senate filibuster rule to get abortion rights codified

(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Thursday blasted the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and said he would support carving out an exception to the Senate filibuster rule to codify abortion rights and other privacy rights as well."One thing that has ...
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Gun safety bill clears Senate filibuster, advances toward final vote

(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate voted Thursday to cut off debate on a gun safety bill crafted amid a disturbing uptick in shootings across the U.S.Fifteen Republicans sided with all 50 members of the Democratic caucus to clear the procedural hurdle, setting the chamber on ...
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Senate fails to change filibuster rule for passage of voting rights legislation

(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate on Wednesday night failed to change the filibuster rule to allow voting rights legislation to pass with a simple majority.The rule change would have required 51 votes to pass but did not have the support of all Democrats, whose leader ...
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Senate braces for showdown over voting rights, filibuster rule

(WASHINGTON) -- In a rare event, the Senate will convene on Wednesday morning with all Democrats instructed to be in their seats inside the chamber when the business begins as they try to move forward on voting rights legislation and a challenge a long-standing ...
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Senate begins debate on voting rights ahead of filibuster showdown

(WASHINGTON) -- For the first time this Congress, the Senate started debating voting rights legislation on Tuesday, a day after Democrats failed to meet their hopeful, symbolic, deadline to pass an election reform bill by Martin Luther King Jr. Day.Majority Leader Chuck Schumer opened ...
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Sinema, Manchin reject Biden push to change filibuster for voting rights

(WASHINGTON) -- As President Joe Biden headed to Capitol Hill on Thursday in an attempt to persuade Democratic lawmakers to back a major change to the Senate's rules that would allow voting rights legislation to move forward, two key Democratic senators again rejected the ...
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Biden says he supports changing filibuster rule to pass voting rights bills

(ATLANTA) -- With less than 10 months until the 2022 midterm elections, President Joe Biden on Tuesday backed a historic change to Senate rules to allow a pair of national voting rights bills to pass, saying he supported "getting rid of" the filibuster if ...
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Senate votes to raise debt limit after 11 Republicans join Democrats to break filibuster

(WASHINGTON) -- After weeks of brinkmanship, the Senate voted Thursday night to raise the debt limit by $480 billion until Dec. 3.The procedural move to break the GOP filibuster, which required 60 votes, was the first hurdle cleared, with a final count of 61-38. ...
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Senate Republicans use filibuster to kill Jan. 6 commission

(WASHINGTON) -- In a remarkable political moment, Republicans on Friday blocked the Senate from moving forward on a bill that would establish a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 assault by Trump supporters on the U.S. Capitol they were forced to flee ...
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Manchin’s firm stance on filibuster, reconciliation threatens ambitious Biden agenda

(WASHINGTON) -- Moderate Democrat Joe Manchin reaffirmed that he will not back proposed changes to the Senate filibuster rule or support "shortcutting the legislative process through budget reconciliation," dealing a possible blow to President Joe Biden's agenda.Manchin, who has been trumpeting the need for ...
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