Filibuster

SHEPHERDSTOWN, WVA (WDVM) - The nation's eyes are on Washington as Congress debates the suffrage law. West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin is the focus of attention for opposing the Democratic Party using the filibuster, the…

The Equal Rights Amendment and other advancements for women’s and civil rights hinge on the battle to eliminate an antidemocratic Senate tactic.Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) advocating for ending the Senate filibuster, outside the U.S.…

US Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) Friday afternoon after failing to get at least 10 Republicans to join forces with Democrats in order not to thwart a vote on a bill to set up a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 uprising,…

House of Representatives Minority Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy once supported a January 6 commission to investigate what happened on the day of the uprising, what led to it and why. How could thousands of people storm Capitol Hill and…

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US Senator Kyrsten Cinema On Wednesday, the United States Customs and Border Protection toured migrant facilities in their home state of Arizona and praised the Senate filibuster who stands in the way of passing important…

In “The Filibuster Made Civil Rights Act Possible” (published April 12), David Hoppe looks at history through the wrong end of the telescope. Far from demonstrating the workings of a large advisory body, the filibuster has been…

Photo: Bettmann Archive / Getty Images A few weeks ago, Republicans vigorously defended the filibuster against allegations that it was a Jim…

“It used to be ... that you got up when you were a filibuster. It had a physical dimension; When you are exhausted, you have to get off the ground. "- Thomas Udall, former US Senator (D-NM)Hello…

With more Democrats advocating reform or elimination of the Senate filibuster, Republicans are pushing back hard. Senate minority chairman Mitch McConnell last week threatened to do scorched earth against Democrats if they…