Senate Republicans who complain about liberal ‘dark money’ block bill to disclose funders
Forty-nine Republican senators voted against the DISCLOSE Act.
By Josh Israel - September 22, 2022Forty-nine Republican senators voted against the DISCLOSE Act.
By Josh Israel - September 22, 2022Thanks to the filibuster rule, the GOP minority was able to block the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement and the Freedom to Vote Acts.
By Josh Israel - January 20, 2022Senate Republicans wasted more than 10 hours reading the American Rescue Plan aloud last year.
By Josh Israel - January 18, 2022‘I would end the 60-vote filibuster right now,’ Cruz said in 2017. He also called the Senate rule ‘stupid.’
By Josh Israel - January 13, 2022Fully 60% of voters see expanding voting access in federal elections as an ‘important’ or ‘top’ priority, according to a new poll.
By Josh Axelrod - January 12, 2022GOP senators are making bogus arguments to defend the filibuster rule.
By Josh Israel - January 11, 2022The Senate GOP is doing everything possible to block rule changes that would allow Democrats to protect voting rights.
By Josh Israel - January 05, 2022The Senate majority leader also plans to take up voting rights legislation in January.
By Josh Israel - December 20, 2021The Florida Republican is stopping the Senate from moving forward on the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act.
By Josh Israel - December 02, 2021The Senate GOP filibustered the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act in hopes of forcing numerous amendment votes.
By Josh Israel - November 30, 2021Every House Republican voted against President Joe Biden’s sweeping social safety net plan.
By Josh Israel - November 19, 2021His change of heart was revealed at a town hall one day after Senate Republicans blocked a bill to expand voting rights.
By Emily Singer - October 22, 2021The Freedom to Vote Act would block a number of voter suppression laws — but Senate Republicans just killed it.
By Emily Singer - October 20, 2021Sen. Lindsey Graham only wants to hurt Democrats in the midterms.
By Emily Singer - October 06, 2021Democrats scaled back the For the People Act to get moderate members of their party on board. But it still faces a Senate filibuster.
By Emily Singer - September 14, 2021Crus says he’s upset that Texas Democrats are obstructing the ‘will’ of the majority.
By Josh Israel - July 23, 2021GOP-controlled state legislatures have passed 30 laws so far this year that restrict access to the ballot box.
By Emily Singer - July 23, 2021‘This ruling is much worse than we had anticipated,’ said an attorney for the Brennan Center for Justice.
By Associated Press - July 02, 2021Advocates of filibuster reforms are counting on Democrats to stay united as they gear up for a summer showdown.
By Associated Press - June 26, 2021Democratic leaders expected Tuesday’s vote, and their efforts to pass the bill will continue.
By Associated Press - June 23, 2021The Senate parliamentarian reportedly just changed her mind about the need for supermajority to pass bills.
By Josh Israel - June 03, 2021Senate Republicans are coming up with nonsensical excuses for why they oppose the bipartisan commission.
By Emily Singer - May 21, 2021He hopes that saying nice things about Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema will convince them to let him block their agenda.
By Josh Israel - April 15, 2021‘An attack on one group in our country is truly an attack on all of us,’ said Sen. Mazie Hirono.
By Associated Press - April 14, 2021The ad also points out the filibuster was ‘used’ by former West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd, an opponent of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
By Josh Israel - April 13, 2021‘We call on you to eliminate the filibuster as a weapon that a minority of senators can use to overturn the will of the majority,’ the groups wrote in a letter to the Senate majority leader.
By Associated Press - April 09, 2021A study from the Brennan Center for Justice found the onslaught of voter suppression legislation is ramping up nationwide.
By Emily Singer - April 01, 2021Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said that the filibuster has a ‘death grip on American democracy.’
By Emily Singer - March 16, 2021Progressive groups note that the existing system lets the Senate minority ‘nullify the results of the election and block progress on popular legislation.’
By Josh Israel - February 09, 2021They did not believe the 60-vote threshold was essential when it applied to Trump’s Supreme Court nominees.
By Josh Israel - January 22, 2021