On Monday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer urged Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate to end the filibuster as Democrats continued to block debate on a funding proposal for the Department of Homeland
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Reid Report,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) said her Democratic colleagues will be using the filibuster aggressively. When host Joy Reid asked, “[T]he president has higher ratings and going—and going in better than ever and there
As Republicans assume control of Congress this week, pundits and political observers are handicapping the odds of legislation passing the GOP controlled Senate. While House Republicans enjoy their largest majority in almost a century, Senate Republicans have just 54 seats in the Chamber. It is a solid majority but a handful of seats below the 60 vote threshold to end filibusters on legislation.
