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fromJezebel
3 days ago

Democrats Finally Discover Leverage After 2 Americans Are Killed

Senate Democrats are refusing to advance a DHS funding bill that includes $10 billion for ICE after two U.S. citizens were killed by federal agents, potentially triggering a government shutdown.
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fromTruthout
1 month ago

Senate Filibuster Derails Dual Efforts to Prevent Massive ACA Premium Increases

ACA tax credits are expiring, causing a 114 percent average premium increase for 22 million Americans and risking many becoming uninsured.
fromIntelligencer
2 months ago

Shutdown Cave May Be End of Schumer As Senate Leader

For the record, Chuck Schumer voted against the motion to proceed on a government-reopening measure that is likely to bring his eight-plus years as Senate democratic leader to an end, probably sooner rather than later. But that doesn't seem to matter. Democrats angry over the abrupt abandonment of a Senate filibuster that seemed to be working in the party's favor are blaming Schumer, either because they believe he quietly encouraged the eight Democrats who defected, or because he couldn't keep them in line.
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fromFortune
2 months ago
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Government shutdown hits 40 days as Republicans brush back Trump's ask to nuke the filibuster, Democrats seek health insurance relif | Fortune

fromFortune
2 months ago
US politics

Government shutdown hits 40 days as Republicans brush back Trump's ask to nuke the filibuster, Democrats seek health insurance relif | Fortune

fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Trump says he was very much in charge' of Israel's June 13 attack on Iran

Israel attacked first. That attack was very, very powerful. I was very much in charge of that, Trump told reporters on Thursday. list of 3 itemsend of list When Israel attacked Iran first, that was a great day for Israel because that attack did more damage than the rest of them put together. His comments came as he called on Republicans to revoke the filibuster to pass laws in the Senate with a simple majority.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

John Kennedy Defied Trump On Filibuster In Tense Phone Call

Sen. John Kennedy refused President Trump’s push to eliminate the Senate filibuster, saying senators must also block bad ideas.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

Republicans push back against Trump's call to end the Senate filibuster

THE CHOICE IS CLEAR INITIATE THE NUCLEAR OPTION,' GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER, Trump said in a late-night social media post Thursday. Trump's sudden decision to assert himself in the now 31-day-long shutdown with his highly charged demand to end the filibuster is certain to set the Senate on edge. It could spur senators towards their own compromise or send the chamber spiralling towards a new sense of crisis. Or, it might be ignored.
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fromwww.esquire.com
3 months ago

The Republican Majority in Congress Just Used the 'Nuclear Option' to Make Herschel Walker an Ambassador

I am sure you will be relieved to know that our country's interests in the Bahamas now will be in the capable hands of ... wait, I have it here somewhere ... oh, yes ... Herschel Walker. That's right, the former Heisman Trophy-winning running back from Georgia and pal of the current prez who made a bid for the U.S. Senate as a Republican in 2022 only to lose amid accusations from two different women that he had pressured them into getting abortions, and who dazzled voters with his meditation on whether it's better to be a vampire or a werewolf.
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fromIntelligencer
4 months ago

How the Government Shutdown Will End

Both parties deliberately entered the shutdown with clear, opposing goals, ensuring the dispute will be prolonged and politically leveraged rather than quickly resolved.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Congress prepares to vote on short-term funding bill to avert US government shutdown live updates

House will vote on a Republican continuing resolution to fund the government until Nov 21 to avert a September shutdown, facing near-unanimous Democratic opposition.
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