filibuster

U.S. 02/16/22, 10:30

A Republican cleverly substituted lost property used to bring the Virginia General Assembly to order on Feb. 14. Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears attracted major media interest with her creative flair for replacing a missing gavel in the state Senate. Sears reportedly hammered the pad with her patent-leather high heeled shoe, after an ...

U.S. 01/24/22, 15:25

The Arizona Democratic Party has rebuked Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) after the state's first-term senator refused to back a filibuster change on the party's voting-rights legislation. In a closed-door vote at the weekend, the Arizona Democratic Party executive committee members passed a resolution to censure Sinema, AZCentral reported. The liberals in the ...

U.S. 01/23/22, 23:19

A failed presidential candidate accused the GOP of neglecting to act on proposed legislation. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized the Republican Party for opposing the Biden administration's voting reform. "What has bothered me very much is the Republicans are laughing all the way to Election Day," he said in a video shared ...

Washington 01/22/22, 13:16

NARAL Pro-Choice America has decided to pull their endorsement for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema after the Democrat Arizona lawmaker refuse to support a change in Senate rules that would have allowed passage of Democratic voting bills. NARAL president Mini Timmaraju announced on Tuesday that the organization will change their "endorsement criteria," in which it will ...

D.C. 01/20/22, 17:52

Senate Democrats failed to get the support of all party members to change Senate rules and pass election reform without Republican support in session on Wednesday, January 19. In what some consider a historic session due to the weight of the electoral reform that Democrats wanted to pass, the two Democratic ...

U.S. 01/18/22, 23:59

A Democrat from Arizona lost lobbyist support because she resisted strengthening party control over the Senate. Emily's List confirmed it would stop endorsing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) for strongly opposing the Democratic Party's proposed filibuster reform. "If Sen. Sinema cannot support a path forward for the passage of this legislation we believe ...

U.S. 01/18/22, 04:56

A Democrat from Arizona was widely praised for resisting party efforts to strengthen its control over the Senate. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is winning vocal support from her constituents, because she strongly opposes the Democratic Party's proposed filibuster reform. Fox News revealed left-leaning liberals recently criticized Sinema for refusing to toe the party ...

U.S. 03/26/21, 06:42

In an interview with Politico, Rev. Al Sharpton, a civil rights activist and former presidential candidate, said he and others are in talks to host town halls and rallies in senators' home states, including Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) who have stated their opposition to the filibuster. Sharpton in ...

U.S. 03/25/21, 19:03

During his first press conference, President Biden said he was open to improvements in the filibuster to help Democrats enact their priorities, but its abolishment was not a consideration.  While making his pitch to end the filibuster, Biden appeared to lose his confidence, having lost the argument defending his idea.  “And in ...

U.S. 03/23/21, 16:10

U.S. billionaire leftists are reportedly funding the Democrats' campaign to end the filibuster. This measure requires 60 percent of voters in the Senate to debate legislation that will be voted on.  The contributions are cloaked in anonymity through Washington-based consulting firm Arabella Advisors, which channels the monies through the nonprofit Sixteen ...

Washington 03/03/21, 16:34

Democratic lawmakers will vote Wednesday, March 3, in the House on a bill that seeks to centralize power in Washington so that Congress would set the rules for elections nationwide, a responsibility that currently falls to each state,  The Washington Times reported. The Democrats' For the People Act attempts to take ...