Dem Rep. Casten: Should Get Rid of Filibuster -- Senate 'Overrepresents Land at the Expense of People'

On Friday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) argued against the filibuster and also said that “We are still a country that still has a Senate that massively overrepresents land at the expense of people. And I

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Booker: Filibuster Is 'Awful Tool', Need 'Real Filibuster', 'Right Now' We'll Do 'Everything' to Stop GOP

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Last Word,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) argued that the filibuster “is an awful tool that’s been corrupted.” And “it is time that we reform the filibuster so we can do big things again,

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Warnock: If Dems Control Senate, We Should Get Rid of 'Arcane' Filibuster So People Can 'Be Heard'

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) argued that if Democrats take control of the Senate, they should get rid of the filibuster, “and no arcane Senate procedural rule should block people’s ability to be

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Trump Calls on Senate Republicans to Lift the Filibuster: 'Do Not Be Stupid'

President Donald Trump called on Senate Republicans to lift the filibuster on Thursday so they can pass the Save America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote.

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Sen. Cory Booker's Wife on His Marathon Speech: I Didn't Want Him to 'Die' or Suffer 'Injury'

Sen. Cory Booker's (D-NJ) wife claims she was worried that her spouse would suffer an injury or, at worst, die, during his marathon Senate speech last year.

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Stacey Abrams: SAVE America Act ‘Oppresses’ Seniors, Rural, Disabled, Students, People of Color While Aiding ‘Republican Authoritarians’

Two-time failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said the Save America Act could make it harder for several groups to participate in close elections, which she argued could benefit Republicans.

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The Republicans’ Flimsy Plan to Pass Their Terrible Voter ID Bill

As his party’s prospects in the November midterms sink in concert with his approval ratings, President Trump has been fuming at Senate Republicans to nuke the filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act, a suite of restrictions on voting in federal elections that could effectively disenfranchise millions of voters. Majority Leader John Thune isn’t budging, for now, but he may attempt to placate…

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Why Liberals Should Maybe Hope the Republicans Nuke the Filibuster

Donald Trump—juggling a war that shows more signs every week of dragging on far longer than he imagined, a nation of enraged air travelers, and a day of protests against him that was the largest of its kind in American history—is still making time to attack American democracy. He’s leaning hard on Senate GOP leader John Thune to ditch the filibuster and pass the party’s voter-suppression bill,…

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Furious Trump Attacks Republicans in Early Morning Posting Blitz

President Donald Trump raged against the filibuster and his fellow Republicans Thursday morning.

In a series of posts on Truth Social, Trump urged Republican lawmakers to eliminate the dastardly filibuster once and for all. Republicans have previously fought to maintain the filibuster, which grants significant power to the Senate’s minority, but Trump has repeatedly demanded they get rid of it…

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Exclusive -- Sen. Mike Lee: Planned Vote on SAVE America Act Will Show Who Is Fighting for Secure Elections, Who Fears Them

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) told Breitbart News that the planned vote on the SAVE America Act will reveal who is fighting for secure elections and who fears them.

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Exclusive -- Rep. Dusty Johnson: Passing Save America Act Through the Senate Comes Down to 'Math'

Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) told Breitbart News Saturday that passing the SAVE America Act through the Senate comes down to "math," and if enough Senate Republicans would back a "talking filibuster."

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Filibuster Bluster: John Cornyn Flip-Flops Again on Filibuster Hours After Promising 'Whatever It Takes' to Pass SAVE America Act

Sen. John Cornyn's (R-TX) abrupt conversion to support eliminating the filibuster if necessary to pass President Donald Trump's agenda lasted for about a cup of coffee.

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The Gun Ken Paxton Is Holding To the Senate’s Head Is A Water Pistol

Ken Paxton is not known for his sweet disposition or easygoing ways. That’s an understatement. But for him to think that this one GOP race is so earthshaking that the entire Republican party is going to roll over and give him whatever he wants is a bridge too far even for Paxton. Paxton will drop […]

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Exclusive — Nate Morris: Mitch McConnell Doing Everything He Can to Block Save America Act, National Voter ID

Pro-Trump Kentucky Senate Republican candidate Nate Morris said that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), whom he hopes to replace in the Senate, is doing everything he can to block the Save America Act and enacting national voter ID to vote.

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Rep. Crockett Compliments Sen. Cornyn: ‘Real Republican’ Pretending to Be MAGA

Last summer, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is “a real Republican” who is trying to make it appear he is a MAGA Republican in order to keep his seat.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton 'Will Consider Dropping Out' of Senate Race if Congress Lifts Filibuster, Passes SAVE America Act

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he would consider dropping out of the Texas Republican Senate primary runoff if the Senate lifts the filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act.

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Trump Calls on Senate Leader Thune to Get SAVE Act Passed at SOTU

President Donald Trump called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) during his State of the Union address to get him to invoke a talking filibuster on the SAVE America Act — but Thune has still not committed to doing so.

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Fetterman: Dems 'Were Very Wrong' to Want to End Filibuster, 'Now We Love It'

On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Saturday in America,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said that Democrats, including him, who wanted to eliminate the filibuster “were very wrong about that,” and said that “we wanted to eliminate it, now

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Only One House Democrat Voted In Favor of Voter ID to Prove Citizenship in US Elections

Only one House Democrat voted in favor of legislation that would require voter ID to prove citizenship in elections. The U.S. House of Representatives was able to pass the election integrity bill, despite opposition from all but one Democrat — a stark

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