Hollywood celebrities are creating a social media swarm in an effort to help Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) end the filibuster. They are also waging a shame campaign against moderate Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ), who have broken ranks by so far refusing to back the left-wing effort.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Guy Benson Show,” West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) said he is “very concerned” about whether Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) will keep his vow to prevent abolishing the filibuster. Justice said, “I would
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that Republicans are going to feel the heat on gun control votes, and “Let’s see what the outcome is, and again, we will figure out the best
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and his Senate allies are strategizing how to cancel the filibuster, making good on their partisan promise to “change the world” by enacting legislation that would diminish gun ownership, legal immigration, voter ID laws, and free market capitalism.
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that the U.S. Senate must eliminate the filibuster rule to pass gun legislation.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) authored an op-ed Monday in USA Today titled, “The Senate’s filibuster is Kentucky’s veto. It stops radical agendas,” to talk about ending the filibuster, which would “tear every last scrap of comity from Washington.”
President Joe Biden is eying legislation moving through Congress that would render voter ID laws illegal in 35 states. However, many key demographics that voted Biden into office support those same laws.
Club for Growth President David McIntosh told Breitbart News in an exclusive statement Tuesday that his organization launched two ads to pressure Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) against the For the People Act, contending that the legislation would be “disastrous” for the country.
Democrats’ push to eliminate the filibuster will “steamroll the interests” of Middle America, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Monday.
President Donald Trump criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in an interview released Monday urging Republicans to find better leadership.
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he is “close” to securing the Republican votes needed to overcome a Senate filibuster to advance the so-called DREAM Act, which would create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.
On Friday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Brian Kilmeade Show,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said that if Democrats move to eliminate the filibuster, “nothing will happen in the Senate.” And pointed out Republicans would have to show up in order
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) released a statement Friday night showing her flip-flopping on her original opposition to eliminating the filibuster, now saying she is supportive of using the nuclear option to end it.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CBS’ “Late Show,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) discussed the filibuster and said that Senate Democrats will give Republicans “a chance” and put measures on the floor, “But if they vote no, like they did
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that President Joe Biden prefers not to make changes to the filibuster, but “he’s happy to hear ideas, and he is certainly not going to allow
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed Thursday titled “The Scorched-Earth Senate,” saying “[i]f Democrats kill the filibuster by 50-50 vote, they’ll release furies they can barely imagine.”
During an appearance on Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) reacted to remarks from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who warned the U.S. Senate would resemble a “100-car pileup” with “nothing moving” if Democrats eliminated the 60-vote filibuster requirement.
Wednesday on FNC’s “Your World,” Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) discussed threats from Senate Democrats to end the filibuster rule in the U.S. Senate.
Former 1992 Clinton’s campaign staffer James Carville said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” he was not concerned about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) threat to implement a “scorched Earth” response if Senate Democrats change the filibuster rule.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News Primetime,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) stated that proposals for a talking filibuster are really “a fancy way of saying end the filibuster. Because when the person stops talking, then they
Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) weighed in on the far-left’s power grab within the Democratic Party. This comes as Democrats push to end the Senate filibuster.
During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) said that while he doesn’t know if President Joe Biden agrees that there should be a general exemption to the filibuster for voting rights
President Joe Biden said Tuesday during an interview with George Stephanopoulos for ABC News interview that he now supported reforming the Senate filibuster.
Joy Reid said Tuesday her MSNBC show “The ReidOut” that Republicans were “now the Dixiecrat Party.”
Former Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that it was only a matter of time before Democrats eliminate the Senate filibuster rule.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that although Biden’s “preference” was “not to make changes” to the filibuster, “He is also open to hearing ideas.”
Dick Durbin called for “reform” to the filibuster on Tuesday, but said in 2018 that ending it would mean the “end of the Senate.”
Freshman Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) believes a range of items, from the filibuster to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), protects white supremacy and therefore must be abolished, she stated Tuesday.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued a sharp warning from the Senate floor Tuesday, warning of a “scorched-earth Senate” in response to Democrats pressing to end the filibuster.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Chuck Schumer said on this week’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show” that everything “will be on the table,” including changing the filibuster rule if Republicans in the Senate obstruct President Joe Biden’s agenda.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) stated that if H.R. 1 is filibustered, it would be blocking “voters and participation, the same way that the filibusterers in the 1960s did,” and that this will result
On Tuesday’s “CNN Tonight,” Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) stated that “all options have to be on the table” to pass voting rights legislation like H.R. 1. Host Don Lemon asked, “H.R. 1…unlikely to pass without eliminating the filibuster. If that
House Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “All In” that there should be special exceptions where the filibuster rule does not apply to voting rights and civil rights.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday on “Washington Post Live” that to forward President Joe Biden’s agenda, Democrats have to “do away with” the filibuster.
Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said Monday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that Democratic senators understood to forward President Joe Biden’s agenda, Democrats will “have to reform or eliminate the filibuster.”
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said on this week’s broadcast of “The Sunday Show” on MSNBC that if Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) continued to block President Joe Biden’s agenda, Democrats would get rid of the filibuster rule.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on this week’s broadcast of “The Sunday Show” on MSNBC that it was a positive development that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) signaled he is willing to use the simple majority reconciliation process in the future to pass legislation.
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he was open to using reconciliation as they did to pass coronavirus relief, which allows a simple majority to pass legislation in the Senate.
White House communications director Kate Bedingfield said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that President Joe Biden’s preference was not to end the Senate’s filibuster.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) discussed the filibuster and stated that “it’s not a hard call for me, if I have to choose between meeting promises and doing what Americans want versus upholding arcane
