Getty Image Democratic leaders have been torched for not doing much to push back against the overturning of Roe v. Wade, but a lot of their problems would be solved if two senators would play ball. That pair is Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, both of whom have long stood in the way of progress, …
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Kyrsten Sinema Got Dumped By Emily’s List, By Far The Biggest Donors To Her 2018 Senate Run, Over Her Refusal To Change The Filibuster
Getty Image While some prominent GOP members spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day being dragged online for praising the civil rights leader while opposing legislation protecting voting rights, one of his biggest passions, it wasn’t only Republicans who were blocking it. Democratic senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin aren’t playing ball either. And now the …
Chuck Schumer Announced He’s Finally, At Long Last Planning To Hold A Vote To Possibly End The Filibuster
Getty Image It’s been almost a year since Joe Biden became president and since the Democrats took control of the Senate and thus all three bodies of U.S. government. And yet, in that time, they haven’t gotten much done. One reason for that: the dreaded filibuster, the ages-old political procedure that gives whichever party is …