The president of Liberty Government Affairs, Brian Darling, said that the Senate filibuster rule does not have racist origins, as Democrats have recently asserted. “The filibuster does not have racist origins at all. I mean, the extended debate has been part of the Senate’s history since its inception. What’s happened is they’ve changed the rules…
Senate Filibuster Does Not Have ‘Racist Origins:’ President of Liberty Government Affairs
Republicans Defend Filibuster as Every Senator’s Leverage Against ‘Short-Sighted ‘ Radical Politics
January 11, 2022
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Republicans praised the filibuster Tuesday as an essential tool that enables every individual senator in both political parties to slow things down when they believe their colleagues are carelessly rushing too quickly to adopt controversial proposals. “Allowing individual senators to secure—and, just as importantly, stop—dramatic policy changes is what sets this body apart. The filibuster provides…
Big Left-Wing ‘Dark Money’ Groups Fund Schumer’s Secretive Anti-Filibuster Ally
January 4, 2022
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Fix Our Senate, the obscure outfit leading a coalition of 70 liberal advocacy groups backing Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) anti-filibuster drive, is a left-wing “dark-money pop-up,” according to a political nonprofit finance expert. “Fix Our Senate may present itself as a standalone, grassroots activist group, but it’s actually a front for the Sixteen…
Sen. Graham Supports Denying Quorum If Democrats End Filibuster
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Wednesday Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should do anything he needs to stand up to the Democrats’ “radical agenda,” including denying quorum. “To borrow a phrase from Senator Schumer, when it comes to standing up to the most radical agenda in U.S. Senate history—All options are on the table…
Senate Parliamentarian Ruling Opens Option for Democrats to Pass Biden’s Infrastructure Plan via Budget Reconciliation Process
The Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, ruled in an opinion to allow the Democrats in the evenly-split 50-50 Senate to use the reconciliation process again in fiscal year 2021, a spokesman for Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Monday. The ruling potentially allows Democrats to pass President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal, dubbed the “America Jobs…
Senate Parliamentarian Ruling Lets Democrats Pass Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Without GOP Support
Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, ruled in an opinion to allow the Democrats in the evenly-split 50-50 Senate to use the reconciliation process again in fiscal year 2021, a spokesman for Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Monday. The ruling potentially allows Democrats to pass President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal, dubbed the “America Jobs Plan,”…
Senate Parliamentarian Lets Democrats Use Reconciliation Process on Biden’s Infrastructure Plan
Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, ruled in an opinion to allow the Democrats in the evenly-split 50-50 Senate to use the reconciliation process again in fiscal year 2021, a spokesman for Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Monday. The ruling potentially allows Democrats to pass President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal, dubbed the “America Jobs Plan,”…
Sen. Feinstein ‘Open to Changing Way Filibuster Rules Are Used’ Amid Pressure From Progressive Groups
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on March 19 said she is “open” to changing the way the Senate filibuster rules are used amid growing pressure from far-left progressive groups for it to be scrapped. Feinstein, 87, the oldest senator, has long been one of the Senate’s staunchest supporters of the filibuster rule, which requires a threshold of 60 votes to…
Feinstein ‘Undecided’ and ‘Hesitant’ to Remove Filibuster
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that she is “undecided” about removing the Senate’s filibuster rule. Feinstein, 87, the oldest senator, told reporters on Capitol Hill that she has concerns that eliminating the legislative filibuster—which requires a threshold of 60 votes to pass major legislation—could backfire on Democrats when Republicans are back in the majority….
McConnell: If Democrats Eliminate Filibuster the Senate Will Be ‘100-Car Pileup’
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) sent another warning to Democrats about what would happen if they heed the calls from their party to eliminate the Senate filibuster rule, the 60-vote threshold that allows the minority party to have some influence over legislation. “It would not open up an express lane for the Biden presidency…
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