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Republicans prepare their wish list for filibuster-free Senate

Democrats may be paving an eventual path to stiffer ballot standards if they trigger the "nuclear option" to carve out a special exception to Senate filibuster rules to approve voting rights legislation.

January 14, 2022

Schumer punts on election law, but vows vote on blowing up filibuster

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer is punting the debate on rewriting the nation's voting laws to next week, but promising to force a vote on blowing up the filibuster if for no other reason than to put every lawmaker "on record."

January 13, 2022

Biden’s plan to blow up the filibuster, rewrite the nation’s voting laws killed by Sinema

President Biden's plan to blow up the Senate filibuster and pass a partisan rewrite of the nation's voting laws went down to fiery defeat on Thursday at the hands of fellow Democrats.

January 13, 2022

House passes partisan voting measures, setting up a showdown in the Senate

House Democrats passed two partisan voting measures in party-line votes on Thursday, setting up a debate in the Senate over rewriting the nation's electoral laws and blowing up the filibuster.

January 13, 2022

Biden admits likely defeat on partisan voting bills after moderate Dems reject blowing up filibuster

President Biden on Thursday admitted that his effort to blow up the filibuster and rewrite the nation's voting laws faced certain defeat, but he pledged to continue fighting.

January 13, 2022

Sinema stares down Democrats by reasserting opposition to blowing up filibuster

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema dashed the hopes of fellow Democrats on Thursday by reasserting her opposition to blowing up the filibuster to pass President Biden's partisan rewrite of the nation's voting laws.

January 13, 2022

Democrats seek to ram through Biden judicial nominee despite criminal record

Senate Democrats are moving to push through President Biden's choice for a plum circuit court judgeship this week, despite the nominee having a criminal record and GOP lawmakers being offered little input.

January 12, 2022

McConnell blasts Biden as ‘profoundly unpresidential’ for divisive, partisan Georgia speech

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday rebuked President Biden for abandoning "rational persuasion for pure demagoguery" in his quest to blow up the chamber's filibuster rule and pass new partisan election laws.

January 12, 2022

White House, Dems stumped as parents brace for the end of monthly government checks

Parents in more than 30 million households across America are about to be disappointed when the monthly checks they've been receiving from Uncle Sam don't arrive.

January 12, 2022

Biden to lobby Senate Dems in person on gutting filibuster for partisan rewrite of U.S. voting laws

President Biden will journey to Capitol Hill on Thursday to implore Senate Democrats to blow up the filibuster and ram through a partisan rewrite of the nation's voting laws.

January 12, 2022

Trump slams GOP elected officials who refuse to admit being vaccinated against COVID-19

Former President Donald Trump criticized Republicans on Tuesday that refuse to admit publicly they are vaccinated against the coronavirus.

January 11, 2022

Biden goes nuclear on the filibuster and Republicans, but his ploy runs into Democratic resistance

President Biden in a major speech Tuesday called for blowing up the Senate filibuster rules to fight against what he says is a Republican assault on American democracy, but Sen. Joe Manchin III is again poised to derail the president's plans.

January 11, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Ted Budd demands Biden explain how many convicted felons got $1,400 virus stimulus checks

Rep. Ted Budd is demanding the White House explain how many convicted felons, including the terrorist responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing, received coronavirus stimulus checks from the Biden administration.

January 11, 2022

Manchin, other Senate Dems unsold on Biden’s plan to nuke the filibuster for voting bills

Sen. Joe Manchin III and other Senate Democrats are skeptical about President Biden's push to blow up the filibuster to rewrite the nation's election laws.

January 11, 2022

McConnell threatens to paralyze Senate if Democrats blow up the filibuster

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed on Tuesday to paralyze the Senate using scorched-earth tactics if Democrats undo filibuster rules to pass a partisan agenda.

January 11, 2022

Biden heads to Georgia to escalate partisan fight over U.S. election laws

President Biden plans to journey to Georgia on Tuesday to drum up support for a Democratic rewriting of the nation's election laws and accuse Republicans of curtailing voting rights.

January 10, 2022

GOP sues NYC, mayor over noncitizen-voting law

The Republican National Committee announced Monday it was filing suit against New York City for a recently passed ordinance granting more than 800,000 immigrants the right to vote in city elections.

January 10, 2022

Republicans scoff at Manchin party switch after he alienates both liberals, conservatives

Sen. Joe Manchin III's support for blowing up Trump-era tax cuts and his overall opposition to the former president is complicating efforts by Republicans to coax him into switching parties.

January 10, 2022

McConnell slams Democrats for exploiting Jan. 6 to push partisan voting bill, blowing up filibuster

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell criticized Democrats on Wednesday for exploiting the anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol in their efforts to overhaul the filibuster and rewrite America's voting laws.

January 6, 2022

McConnell-aligned group spending $1M to pressure Manchin against abandoning filibuster

A political advocacy group with close ties to Senate GOP leadership launched a $1 million ad campaign Wednesday to pressure Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III into not abandoning his support for the filibuster.

January 5, 2022