Graham: Use budget reconciliation to bypass filibuster and pass border security legislation
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of President-elect Trump’s strongest allies in the Senate, is calling on Republicans to ...
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GOP takes control of Senate with 3-seat pickup, but 60-vote threshold still poses agenda challenge
The GOP's first win Senate pickup this cycle came early on election night when Jim Justice, West Virginia's GOP governor, ...
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McConnell says filibuster will stay as Republicans reclaim Senate
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Republicans plan to keep the filibuster when it takes the majority in 2025.
Under Trump, a unified Congress could push through tax and spending cuts
Even a more disciplined Republican majority will face barriers, including the Senate rule known as the filibuster, which ...
What a Republican Senate takeover means for Donald Trump
Yes — to answer the question some readers are probably asking — the filibuster rule is likely to endure, which in turn ...
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Election 2024 recap: 'We accept the results,' Harris concedes
Hours after Trump's victory, advocacy groups were setting their sights on the president-elect, who will take office Jan. 20.
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As power shifts in Washington, McConnell says filibuster safe
The numbers in the Senate also could make Trump's efforts to add conservatives to the federal judiciary easier because such appointments require Senate approval.
Sen. Mike Lee warns Democrats would 'Rule America uncontested for 100 years' if they sweep 2024 elections
He predicted that if Democrats win both chambers of Congress and the White House, they will eliminate the filibuster in the ...