Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) during a rare public appearance on Sept. 26 lectured on the importance of bipartisanship and decried efforts to elevate “radical” politics through attacks on the Senate. Sinema, traditionally tight-lipped about politics, delivered remarks during a lecture at the University of Louisville’s McConnell Center. Sinema was invited to the event by Senate […]
Democrats are vowing not to give up on national voting law change. This after their attempts to change the filibuster rules to pass it, failed—as expected. Here’s Senator Joe Manchin on the senate floor defending his decision to block this effort by his own party.
The Senate Wednesday night took a vote and the Democrats’ voting bill has been shut down. As to whether or not there could be other ways for the Democrats to push this through, NTD spoke with president of Liberty Government Affairs Brian Darling.
The eyes of the nation are on the Senate floor this week as senators move forward with debate on a national voting bill. Is there a chance to successfully change Senate rules, setting the stage to bypass the Republican minority to pass new laws?
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) blasted Democrats for their inconsistent attitudes toward the filibuster during the opening rounds of debate on two federal elections bills that Democrats are trying to pass by overturning the filibuster. The Senate is scheduled to debate two elections bills, including the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and […]
It’s been a tough week for President Joe Biden in terms of executing his agenda. With his federal vaccine mandate being struck down and his so-called voting rights agenda hitting a brick wall, the president is looking for answers. NTD sat down with The Blaze’s Delano Squires to get his take.
A Senate showdown over easing filibuster rules is looming, the Omicron variant now makes up almost all of the new COVID-19 cases in the United States, and the mayor of Superior, Colorado, gives an update on the aftermath of the devastating Marshall fire.
Senate Republicans on Wednesday filibustered an election bill put forward by Democrats, continuing a longstanding division between the two parties on voting legislation. The mostly party-line vote saw only one defection: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) joined Democrats in support of the bill, and is now the only Republican to lend support to any of Democrats’ […]
Republicans successfully filibustered the Democrats’ Freedom to Vote election bill Wednesday, denying the legislation the 60 votes needed to move on to floor debate. The bill would have created new requirements for groups to disclose information about their donors, named Election Day a national holiday, and created federal standards for voting by mail, early voting, […]
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) signaled Wednesday that he will not support carving out an exception to the filibuster for the debt limit, meaning Democrats don’t have enough votes to employ the so-called nuclear option.
Democrats in the Senate may very well end up applying the nuclear option to the filibuster in order to raise the debt ceiling, according to President Joe Biden. “I think that’s a real possibility,” the president told reporters after arriving back in Washington on Tuesday from a trip to Michigan. The Senate started debating at […]
Senate Republicans block a bill with the first successful filibuster during the Biden administration, President Joe Biden just revealed a massive $6 trillion budget for the 2022 fiscal year, and the White House sends mixed messages on vaccine passports.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell urged his fellow Republican senators to vote against the Jan. 6 commission. He said it would create a partisan and slanted investigation against former President Donald Trump. Now, Senate Republicans appear ready to deploy the filibuster to block the probe.
President Joe Biden is a step closer to passing his infrastructure plan. The Senate parliamentarian gave Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) more flexibility to pass it—even without any Republican support. But there are still a few moderate Democrats that may pose a challenge to getting the bill to Biden’s desk.
