filibuster

Manchin, along with out senator Kyrsten Sinema, not only thinks bipartisanship is possible, but that Republicans are going to defect from the party line to collaborate on Biden’s agenda. Have they not seen Charlie Brown?

If Sinema refuses to go along, she will have the odd distinction of being a sponsor of the Equality Act and the person who singlehandedly ensured its failure.

Thanks to arcane Senate rules, Democrats need ten Republican votes to pass the Equality Act. That’s a very tall order.

It’s done. The high court now has a conservative majority of 5 justices.

Republicans have unilaterally rewritten the chamber’s rules to allow President Donald Trump’s nominee to ascend to the Supreme Court.

Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley started talking Tuesday evening and was still going more than 13 hours later.

Republican leaders will likely have to change Senate rules so that Gorsuch can be confirmed with a simple majority, instead of the 60 votes currently required.

A Conservative Party lawmaker filibustered a bill that would have cleared men of convictions from antigay laws that have since been overturned.

The proposal prohibits penalties against anyone citing a “sincere religious belief” while declining to services for same-sex couples.