The long-term damage that abandoning the filibuster would do to our form of ... and not the republic the Founders wanted. James Madison, the Constitution’s principal drafter, derided democracies ...
The legislative filibuster is a crucial part of the Senate. Leading Democrats like President Biden himself have long defended it ... Either George Washington or James Madison, I don't remember ...
This is my own little filibuster. If they can’t get one Republican ... the Pac-Man’s wokka-wokka ostinato running through it — all are long gone. New editions of books by William F.
The answer is the Congressional Review Act, which Republicans in a second Trump presidency could use to further attack the ...
1962-- President Kennedy sends federal troops to the University of Mississippi to quell riots so that James Meredith ... on race illegal after 75-day long filibuster. Three civil rights workers ...
Bipartisan agreements were also possible for the main achievements of the previous Congress, in which Democrats enjoyed slim ...
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The Colorado legislature has expanded its floor calendars and plans fast agendas as it works to pass legislation on housing, ...
Kramer and The Dakotas, The Supremes, The Barbarians, James Brown and The Famous Flames ... None of them ever came to fruition. A 57-day filibuster delayed, but couldn’t stop, the passage ...
For months, supporters of the embattled Ukrainians have contended there was a bipartisan House majority that would back ...
The bill drew only 49 votes in the Senate and could not overcome the 60-vote threshold required by the legislative filibuster ...