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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans were exploring changes Tuesday to President Donald Trump’s request to cancel $9.4 ...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke for 8 hours and 44 minutes on Thursday, delaying final passage of Republicans' ...
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke for 8 hours and 44 minutes in denouncing President Trump's bill, a record length for a ...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries delays President Trump's $3.3 trillion bill for hours with a dramatic filibuster, ...
Why the 'Current Policy' Baseline Is a Massive Gimmick That Effectively Kills the Filibuster Republicans are creating a budgetary loophole that will allow Democrats to pass Medicare for All and ...
Republicans are relying on rarely employed accounting methods to push Donald Trump’s “one, big beautiful bill” through the Senate, and in doing so could upend established Congressional procedures ...
Experts told Newsweek that the party's attempt to fast-track Trump's budget could hold long-term consequences for Senate procedure.
Republicans Sneak Filibuster-Weakening Trick Into Bill to Help Trump Senate Republicans are forcing through an anti-filibuster measure on the budget bill.
By skirting the Senate parliamentarian’s power to police the boundaries of reconciliation bills, the GOP is putting the filibuster on life support.
It's a special process that can bypass the usual Senate filibuster rules and pass with a simple majority (51 votes) in the Senate, rather than the usual 60 votes needed to overcome the filibuster.