Tag: Senate

Over 350 Scholars And Historians Urge Filibuster Reform To Restore Representative Government

By | May 4, 2021 12:44 p.m.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) looks on as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin delivers the annual financial stability report to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on January 30, 2018 in Washington, DC. Mnuchin said the Treasury can extend the government's debt limit suspension period into February before it exhausts its borrowing ability. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

The Rules Dems Could Change To Keep The Tom Cottons Of The Senate From Delaying Biden Noms’ Confirmations

For now, it’s just one Senator threatening to hold up a small number of nominees, but if his tactic is successful at hamstringing their partisan rival, it’s only a matter of time before other Republicans follow Tom Cotton’s lead.

By Eleanor Eagan | April 29, 2021 5:24 p.m.

Simmering Voting Rights Fight Comes To A Head In Senate Hearing

By | March 24, 2021 2:37 p.m.

Report: Top Trump Enabler In House To Announce AL Senate Bid After Helping Incite Insurrection

By | March 18, 2021 9:27 a.m.

McConnell Threatens To Grind Senate To Halt If Dems Don’t Let Him Keep Power To Grind Senate To Halt

By | March 16, 2021 2:22 p.m.

Peter Thiel Dumps Millions Into PAC Supporting J.D. Vance For Ohio Senate

By | March 15, 2021 1:51 p.m.

With COVID Relief Out The Door, The Filibuster Looms Ominously

By | March 10, 2021 5:14 p.m.

10 Hours, 43 Minutes And 628 Pages Later, The COVID Relief Package Lumbers Forward

By | March 5, 2021 10:10 a.m.

National Guard Commander Reveals Hours-Long Delay To Approve Backup On Jan. 6

By | March 3, 2021 2:10 p.m.

The Last Time The Parliamentarian Made Life Hard In An Evenly Split Senate, He Got Canned

By | February 26, 2021 5:43 p.m.