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Democrat Rep. Conor Lamb (PA) showed he is moving further towards the radical left in a statement Saturday, saying he believes “the filibuster has to go.”

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) reiterated Wednesday he does not support federalizing elections or annulling the filibuster after meeting with President Joe Biden on Monday.

Biden met with both moderate Democrat senators before his scheduled Wednesday meeting at the White House with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is growing tired of President Joe Biden (D) negotiating a sweeping “infrastructure” plan with Republicans.

Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is using the filibuster that she described as “what southern segregationist used to stop civil rights” to block President Joe Biden’s agenda.

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who heads the committee tasked with retaining the Democrat Party’s slim House majority in next year’s midterm elections, declared on Tuesday he supports abolishing the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster rule.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was met with a laugh when he predicted as many as 30 Republican senators may vote for the “infrastructure” plan.

Former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Friday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that while she would like to see the filibuster rule go, she would settle for lifting it for “constitutional matters, in particular, the right to vote.”

On Thursday’s broadcast of Comedy Central’s “Daily Show,” Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) admitted that she supported preserving the filibuster in the past, but she “learned from” how Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) conducted himself when he was in the majority “and

A Monmouth University poll has reported 52 percent of Americans support the Senate filibuster blocking President Joe Biden’s tax increases.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) is taking heat from far-left organizations in Arizona due to her strong stance on refusing to end the filibuster.

Wednesday, Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY) emphasized the importance of passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to fight “systemic racism.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham defended the filibuster on Thursday, which his Democrat colleagues have routinely characterized as racist, questioning why the left has used the supposed “tool of racism so much” when they were in the minority.

Prominent Democrats have held a range of opinions on court-packing coinciding with the constant fluctuations of the political landscape, with some fiercely opposing the scheme in the past.

The Club for Growth launched an ad Tuesday featuring West Virginians urging Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) to “stick to your guns” and keep the Senate’s filibuster. West Virginians argued that the filibuster serves as their bulwark against the far left.  

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that because “the Constitution is not a suicide note” then “If we can’t get anything done, if politics is fundamentally broken, then we should probably widen the filibuster window.” Brooks said,

During an interview with CNN on Thursday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) stated that he won’t eliminate the filibuster, and while he thinks Georgia has some provisions in their election law that he strongly dislikes and supports certain “guardrails” on elections,

Twice failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton issued an ultimatum on Thursday, contending Congress must choose between preserving the filibuster or protecting voting rights for minorities. But doing both, she suggested, is an impossibility.

Moderate Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) wrote Wednesday he will oppose any attempt of his party to “eliminate or weaken the filibuster.”

On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) said Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) “understands there is no way under the sun that we are going to sacrifice voting rights for Democrats or all Americans, civil rights

Former Secretary of State and twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has joined the chorus of Democrats supporting the elimination of the Senate filibuster, arguing it should be done away with for “constitutional matters.” 

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has adamantly defended the Senate filibuster in the past despite altering his stance since President Biden took office, once describing it as “part of the hallowed process around here of the Founding Fathers saying the Senate is the cooling saucer.”

A plurality of likely voters disagree with Democrat attempts to nuke the filibuster, which requires 60 votes instead of a simple majority to move most legislation in the Senate, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Tuesday revealed.

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison said that he hopes Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will “use every trick in his book” to pass H.R. 1. Harrison said, “We’ve got to do everything that

President Joe Biden has been critical of the Senate filibuster, describing it as a Jim Crow relic and claiming it has been abused, although Democrats reportedly used it more than 300 times in 2020 when Republicans only used it once.

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Democrat election process legislation will receive “full consideration in committee and eventually on the Senate floor.”

Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Republican senators were holding on to the filibuster rule to protect minority rights in the Senate “while refusing to protect minority rights in the society.”

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said it would help him “more than anything” if the Democrat Party campaigned against him in West Virginia with the intention of pressuring him to do away with the filibuster. 

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield said that President Joe Biden will do what it takes, with or without the filibuster, to pass voting rights legislation like H.R. 1 and H.R. 4. Co-host

On Friday’s broadcast of “Fox News Primetime,” Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) criticized Democrats for saying that the filibuster is racist after they used the filibuster to block his police reform bill last year. Scott said, “It was a frustrating, irritating

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Friday the filibuster was “allowing for systematic racism in the country.”

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Thursday that Democrats’ election overhaul bill needs bipartisan support, a setback for the party as calls mount for Democrats to abolish the 60-vote filibuster in order to pass the bill.

Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said Friday on MSNBC’s “Live” that the filibuster is an “antiquated procedure” that should be eliminated.

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said she’s pleased that President Joe Biden has “moved,” on the filibuster, and that Biden “also didn’t close the door to something more, and I thought

On Thursday’s “MSNBC Live,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) said he is “satisfied” with President Joe Biden’s comments on the filibuster during his press conference earlier in the day and argued for seeing if it’s possible to exempt civil and

President Joe Biden’s progressive agenda is facing opposition from his own party beyond Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who with other Senate Democrats, is not falling in line with a range of priorities the administration has established. This includes gun legislation, the $15 minimum wage, and changing the filibuster to pass legislation that would minimize legal immigration, voter ID laws, and the free-market.