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Manchin says his vote for liberal nominee to Supreme Court is possible

Sen. Joe Manchin III on Thursday said he was open to replacing retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer with a liberal jurist, provided the nominee was committed to the rule of law.

January 27, 2022

Senators vexed by Biden’s unwillingness to rework VP’s role in Electoral College count

Frustration is growing among a bipartisan group of senators who say President Biden is not taking seriously their push to rewrite a 135-year-old law that many believe inadvertently spurred the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

January 26, 2022

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer set to retire

Justice Stephen G. Breyer will retire from the Supreme Court, closing out a decades-long tenure for the liberal-leaning justice and giving President Biden his first chance to shape the court.

January 26, 2022

Biden accused of keeping GOP lawmakers in the dark about $1.2T being spent on infrastructure

House Republicans are demanding transparency from the Biden administration about how it is spending more than $1.2 trillion in infrastructure funding that Congress approved last year.

January 26, 2022

Conservative group spends $1.5 million to prod Manchin against reviving Build Back Better Act

A conservative advocacy group is spending $1.5 million on ads pressuring Sen. Joe Manchin III and other moderate Democrats to oppose resuscitating President Biden's big-spending Build Back Better Act.

January 25, 2022

Bipartisan group pressures Pelosi for movement on lawmaker stock deals

More than two dozen House lawmakers are demanding that Speaker Nancy Pelosi allow legislation barring congressional stock trading to come up for a vote.

January 24, 2022

Manchin warns White House that renewed Build Back Better talks will start from scratch

Sen. Joe Manchin III threw cold water Thursday on President Biden's hopes for a quick restart to talks on the administration's failed $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act.

January 20, 2022

Clinton-era official says Dems should give Sinema ‘the backs of their hands’ over filibuster vote

A former Clinton-era secretary of labor said on Thursday that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema should be assaulted for refusing to gut the filibuster.

January 20, 2022

Two Senate Democrats join with GOP to hand Biden bipartisan defeat on remaking filibuster

Two Senate Democrats joined with all 50 Republicans to hand President Biden a resounding defeat on his push to change the filibuster and pass a partisan rewrite of the nation's voting laws.

January 19, 2022

Democrats’ voting bill defeated by Senate filibuster

President Biden's push to rewrite the nation's voting laws went down to defeat on Wednesday at the hands of a GOP filibuster, leaving Democrats pledging to hold a doomed vote to change the 60-vote threshold.

January 19, 2022

Biden warns midterm elections could ‘easily be illegitimate’ if partisan voting bills fail

President Biden on Wednesday said that the upcoming midterm elections could "easily be illegitimate" if Democrats fail to pass a partisan legislation rewrite of the nation's voting laws.

January 19, 2022

Manchin calls out Democrats for ‘misleading’ the American people about the filibuster

Sen. Joe Manchin III on Wednesday rebuked fellow Democrats for lying about the filibuster in their attempt to blow it up and force through President Biden's agenda.

January 19, 2022

Liberal groups pledge to punish Sinema in next reelection bid for refusing to gut filibuster

Liberal activist groups are pledging to fight Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's reelection bid if she does not capitulate on the filibuster.

January 19, 2022

Schumer admits filibuster gambit poised for defeat

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer admitted Wednesday that Democrats are likely to lose their battle to change the filibuster and as a result won't be able to pass President Biden's rewrite of the nation's voting laws.

January 19, 2022

Kelly backs doomed Senate vote to change filibuster ahead of tough reelection battle

Sen. Mark Kelly pledged on Wednesday to stick with fellow Democrats in supporting a doomed effort to change the filibuster, putting him at odds with fellow Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.

January 19, 2022

Senate Democrats barrel toward doomed vote to remake filibuster

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer pledged Tuesday to hold a vote on changing the filibuster rules to require that lawmakers speak continuously on the floor to block the passage of legislation.

January 18, 2022

Sanders open to backing primary challenges to Manchin, Sinema over filibuster stance

Sen. Bernard Sanders is publicly urging primary challenges to moderate Democrats standing in the way of blowing up the 60-vote filibuster threshold.

January 18, 2022

Democrats hunt for new ways to twist filibuster, force passage of their election overhaul

Senate Democrats scrambled Tuesday in search of an alternative to change the filibuster without blowing it up after the conference fractured over a plan to use the "nuclear option."

January 18, 2022

New Mexico Democrats want to expand mail-in voting, allow 16-year-olds and felons to vote

Democrats in New Mexico are rushing to change the state's voting laws ahead of this year's midterm elections that are expected to be particularly bruising for the party.

January 18, 2022

Democrats boxed in, can’t retreat from doomed agenda for fear of further damaging Biden

Democrats are flummoxed about the next move on President Biden's plan to blow up the filibuster and rewrite the nation's voting laws after support among Senate Democrats fractured.

January 14, 2022