Trump, filibuster
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Democrats have effectively gone on strike against democracy, with the ultimate goal of changing the rules to eventually achieve total victory for socialism.
President Donald Trump was back on U.S. soil for less than 24 hours before he resumed issuing seismic political edicts via late-night Truth Social post. In a lengthy message on Thursday, not long after the president and first lady Melania Trump handed out candy to White House trick-or-treaters,
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made it clear Tuesday that Republicans can’t use a filibuster to block a spending bill designed to avoid government shutdown, saying that a scheduled Wednesday procedural vote on the measure will happen regardless.
In remarks Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) made clear he’s serious about breaking the logjam in the Senate by reforming the body’s onerous filibuster rules. “We’re going to change the rules. We cannot ...
How He'd Do It The Huffington Post's Sam Stein explains it would happen at the beginning of the next Congress in January 2011. "To change Senate rules in the middle of the session requires 67 votes, which Democrats clearly don't have. But changing the ...