Jan 11 WATCH: McConnell, Blunt hold news conference on voting rights, filibuster rules By Associated Press Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has set next Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a deadline to either pass voting legislation or consider revising the rules around the chamber's filibuster blocking device. Continue reading
Jan 03 Schumer announces Senate vote on filibuster change By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Schumer says in a letter to colleagues that the Senate "must evolve." Pointing to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, he says the rules changes are needed to protect democracy. Continue reading
Aug 12 Texas voting bill passes after 15-hour filibuster By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press, Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America The Republican-controlled Texas Senate on Thursday morning passed the measure just minutes after Democratic State Sen. Carol Alvarado wearily left the floor. Continue reading
Aug 07 Senate votes to advance Biden’s $1T infrastructure bill By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The Senate moved closer to passing a $1 trillion infrastructure package Saturday after lawmakers from both parties came together and voted to clear a key procedural hurdle, but the action soon stalled out as opponents tried to slow the rush… Continue reading
Jun 23 What every Senate Democrat has said about filibuster reform By Lisa Desjardins To end or change the filibuster, Democrats need 50 votes. But by our count, they don’t yet have half of that number firmly ready to roll back the procedure. … Continue reading
Jun 22 WATCH: GOP filibuster halts Democrats’ signature voting bill By Brian Slodysko, Christina A. Cassidy, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The Democrats' sweeping attempt to rewrite U.S. election and voting law stalled in the Senate Tuesday, blocked by a wall of Republican opposition to what would have been the largest overhaul of the electoral system in a generation. Continue reading
May 27 GOP set to block Jan. 6 panel, stoking Senate filibuster fight By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Thursday's action would be the first successful use of a filibuster in the Biden presidency to halt Senate action. That's despite both a bipartisan effort to salvage the bill and a last-minute plea by the mother of a Capitol Police… Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch 12:25 Brooks and Capehart on the filibuster, reconciliation, and the American Jobs Plan New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the filibuster debate, reconciliation and resistance within the Democratic party, the American Jobs Plan, and gun control. Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch 7:03 News Wrap: Number of minors at southern border hits all-time high amid claims of abuse In our news wrap Thursday, the number of children arriving at the southern border hit an all-time high last month as authorities apprehended nearly 19,000 minors in March. In another mass shooting, a man in South Carolina killed five people… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 8:55 What we learned from Biden’s first presidential news conference By Yamiche Alcindor, Harry Zahn President Joe Biden on Thursday held his first White House news conference since taking office in January. He was faced with many questions on the subject of immigration at the southern border, voting rights, his plans for Afghanistan and his… Continue watching