Kamala Harris says she supports ending the filibuster for ... - NPR
WEB5 days ago · Scott Olson/Getty Images. Vice President Harris says she would support eliminating the filibuster in the U.S. Senate in order to bring back federal protections for a woman's right to an abortion ...
Harris backs ending filibuster for abortion rights legislation
WEB5 days ago · 09/24/2024 10:58 AM EDT. Kamala Harris is calling for changes to Senate procedure to pass federal legislation protecting abortion rights. Harris voiced support for ending the 60-vote threshold ...
Harris-backed filibuster change would ‘break’ the Senate, …
WEB3 days ago · 09/26/2024 04:59 PM EDT. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell lambasted a proposal from Vice President Kamala Harris that would eliminate the filibuster to pass abortion rights legislation ...
Democrats weigh risks of filibuster change for abortion rights
WEB11 hours ago · by Al Weaver - 09/29/24 6:00 AM ET. Senate Democrats concede there is considerable risk to doing away with the filibuster to codify abortion rights, but also suggest they are likely to try to do ...
Manchin won’t endorse Harris over vow to gut filibuster to ... - CNN
WEB5 days ago · Vice President Kamala Harris’ vow to gut the Senate’s filibuster rule to pass a bill codifying abortion rights has cost her an endorsement from a leading Senate moderate: Joe Manchin.
Harris’s call for filibuster reform gets pushback from Democrats
WEB3 days ago · Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the Senate’s most senior Democrat and an outspoken advocate for defending women’s reproductive freedom, stopped short of endorsing Harris’s call for filibuster reform. “I’m looking at it,” she told The Hill on Wednesday. Other Democrats, however, are eager to …
Democrats gear up to overhaul the Senate filibuster for ... - NBC News
WEBMay 17, 2024 · The fate of the Senate filibuster is on the ballot in the 2024 election, as Democrats rally around weakening it to codify abortion rights and bolstering federal voting rights.
Is the End of the Filibuster Near? - The New York Times
WEBMarch 13, 2024. Time may be finally running out on the filibuster, the signature dilatory tactic in the Senate embraced by some as a protector of minority rights and reviled by others as an...
What is the filibuster, explained in simple terms : NPR
WEBJan 17, 2022 · The filibuster was once a rarely used tool for holding up Senate business. Now, it's a regular (still powerful) feature; some Democrats want it changed. Here are answers to your filibuster...
EXPLAINER: What's the Senate filibuster and why change it ... - AP News
WEBMar 17, 2021 · Changing the filibuster rules is an idea backed by some Senate Democrats eager to advance Biden’s agenda in the evenly split 50-50 Senate. But Republicans are warning Democrats off any changes. Here’s a look at …