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Senate Republicans blocked consideration of two “voting rights” bills on Wednesday night, setting the stage for Democrats to try remove the legislative filibuster.

The Senate will try to pass on Tuesday voting rights legislation by breaking the Senate’s centuries-old filibuster rule. 

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) on Thursday maintained their stance on not changing the long-established Senate filibuster rule.

The House passed on Thursday two “freedom to cheat” voting bills that would eviscerate Republican attempts to increase election integrity in states across the nation.

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sounded off on the Democrats’ efforts to end the Senate filibuster as they push to pass voting rights legislation.

Host Whoopi Goldberg said Tuesday on ABC’s “The View” that black people were “where we were under the Emancipation Proclamation” while discussing voting rights with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has many options for reforming the Senate’s filibuster rules but faces a steep uphill climb to change the Senate’s centuries-old rule.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” that the Republican Party under former President Donald Trump does not have “fidelity to democracy.”

Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts and Heritage Action Executive Director Jessica Anderson said in a joint statement Wednesday that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is using the anniversary of January 6 to seize “permanent” political power, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Monday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that the “new” Republican Party under former President Donald Trump was “viciously against voting rights.”

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is using the January 6 protest to advance “systemic reforms” in Congress — namely, pursuing far-left voting legislation — deeming it necessary to “repair our democracy.”

Democrats are hoping to use the anniversary of the January 6 protests at the Capitol to jumpstart stalled efforts on voting legislation.

Harry Reid, former Senate Majority Leader and Nevada’s longest-serving congressman, died on Tuesday at the age of 82.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is the most popular congressional leader compared to others — including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), a Politico/Morning Consult survey released this week found.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Monday promised a Senate vote on President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, placing Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) outspoken opposition to the legislation on record.

The Senate’s delay of the $4.9 trillion Build Back Better Act to 2022 renders the passage of the bill through the House insignificant.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) debt ceiling deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to bypass the filibuster has sown Republican dissension and led to Democrats to continue abusing the filibuster, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

President Biden’s $1.9 trillion reconciling package will reportedly be shelved until 2022 due to Sen. Joe Manchin’s opposition to inflation-exacerbating measures within the deal.

President Biden has no plans to extend student loan relief, nor has it offered any plan to forgive student loan debt — a major agenda item of the far-left Democrat caucus, which the Biden administration has ignored.

The Senate passed a $2.5 trillion debt ceiling increase that will push the ceiling past the 2022 midterm elections by temporarily bypassing the Senate’s filibuster.

Democrat leadership this week is aiming to raise the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion with funding to reach past the 2022 midterms.

President Joe Biden on Monday declined to extend a program that suspended student loan payment during the pandemic.

The state of New York used federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) coronavirus relief funds to advance critical race theory indoctrination in elementary and secondary public schooling.

The House passed legislation on Tuesday night to allow the Senate to bypass the legislative filibuster and more easily avert a potential default on the nation’s debt.

Some Democrats on Wednesday are reportedly questioning if Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) can pass the $1.9 trillion reconciliation package before his self-imposed Christmas deadline.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has pitched Republicans to back a measure to allow Democrats to fast-track approval of legislation to raise or suspend the debt ceiling. 

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) efforts to fast-track the debt ceiling is a tactic to protect his own “ego,” a former senior GOP aide told Breitbart News.

A legislative fight to raise the debt ceiling could test Republicans’ resolve as Congress heads towards a packed legislative schedule ahead of the new year. 

Major Democrat donors along with a Nord Stream 2 lobbyist reportedly gave the maximum amount of campaign contributions to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other vulnerable Senate Democrats.

Democrat Senators on Thursday have complained about Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) Senate dysfunction.

Congressional leaders struck a deal Thursday to fund the government through February, which serves as a victory for Republicans. 

President Joe Biden reflected on his age at a Hanukkah menorah lighting ceremony at the White House on Wednesday, recalling speaking to some younger people on his staff before the event about his many trips to Israel.

House and Senate conservatives lead the way to defund President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate through a government spending bill. 

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will reportedly jam the $1.9 trillion reconciliation package through the Senate in mid-December.

Sen. Joe Manchin has pushed Senate Democrats to take responsibility for solving the debt ceiling crisis, throwing the onus on the Democrat-controlled Senate to act before default.

Senate Republicans blocked consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Monday as Democrats prevented the chamber from considering Republican amendments to the defense bill.