Republican House Speaker SCRAMBLES As Senate Chaos Erupts Over Trump Demand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVuVsGISEXo

 

Kamala Harris & Democrats Should End The Filibuster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cTjELKSz0Q

'Disappointing Day for Women': Senate GOP Filibuster Blocks Equal Rights Amendment

"Today is a disappointing day for women," declared League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón. "Our nation's elected leaders have failed yet again to see us as equal members of this democracy." 

https://www.commondreams.org/news/senate-equal-rights-amendment

Republicans Filibuster Bill Requiring Disclosure Of Dark Money | HuffPost Latest News

"Anonymous influence over our elections and government has cost Americans dearly, from the full decade of inaction on climate change perpetrated by fossil fuel interests to the sweeping, coordinated assault on voting rights to the takeover of the Supreme Court by special interests," Whitehouse said...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dark-money-republicans-disclose_n_632c75c1e4b05db5206bff86

Three common myths about the abortion debate : Shots - Health News : NPR

"…That is its own sub-myth — that the Plan B morning-after pill is the same as the abortion pill mifepristone. Plan B is a high dose of regular birth control that prevents ovulation but does not interrupt an existing pregnancy. Mifepristone ends a pregnancy if used in approximately the first 10 weeks. 

 And it's not just pregnant women who are affected by the uncertainty. People with severe psoriasis, lupus and other autoimmune disorders are already reporting difficulty obtaining methotrexate, a first-line medication for those ailments that can also be used as an abortion medication…"

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/22/1112444508/three-abortion-myths

Kyrsten Sinema courted Republican fossil fuel donors with filibuster stance

…"The timing of the fundraiser and Sinema's filibuster-protecting vote really puts a fine point on the return on investment for her donors." Krumholz added that the fossil fuel fundraiser "seems well timed as Congress revisits the $550bn BBB measure focused on climate change provisions, where her vote could help industry minimize new regulatory and tax burdens."…

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/feb/01/kyrsten-sinema-courted-republican-fossil-fuel-donors-filibuster-stance

Cartoon: The wonders of the filibuster!

What makes democracy less democratic? Why, the Senate filibuster rule of course! …
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2022/1/14/2074363/-Cartoon-The-wonders-of-the-filibuster

Opinion | Mitch McConnell’s defense of filibuster is hypocritical - The Washington Post

…Again, the issue is whether the bills can be debated . Isn't debate what Congress is supposed to do? The Founders wanted the Senate to be slow and careful, but they didn't want it to be paralyzed. And they specifically rejected the idea of requiring supermajorities to approve legislation…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/13/mitch-mcconnell-senate-filibuster-hypocritical/

Schumer finds loophole to advance elections reform package - Axios

…Up until now, every time Schumer has tried to bring up both elections bills, Republicans have blocked it from even being debated by opposing a cloture vote on the motion to proceed… 

…"The Senate will finally debate voting rights legislation, and then every Senator will be faced with a choice of whether or not to pass the legislation to protect our democracy."…

https://www.axios.com/schumer-loophole-elections-reform-fa66e1d0-8e1d-4b05-96a2-ffdfa650a068.html

How to argue about the filibuster - The Washington Post

"If we can change the process on the debt ceiling," said Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), "then surely we can do the same to protect our democracy."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/07/how-to-argue-about-the-filibuster/

Chuck Schumer Just Announced a Major Potential Vote on the Future of the Filibuster – Mother Jones

In a letter released on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced that the Senate would vote to amend the filibuster by Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 17, if and when the GOP stands in the way of major voting rights legislation…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/01/schumer-filibuster-reform-senate-manchin-voting-rights-letter/

The hypocrisy argument on the filibuster is itself phony - The Washington Post

…What started out as an unusual practice to extend debate has become a routine method for blocking the will of the majority. To put it starkly: Abuse of the filibuster is wrecking the Senate…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/28/hypocrisy-argument-filibuster-is-itself-phony/

Senate Republicans again poised to block sweeping voting rights bill

Obstructionist effort to stop Freedom to Vote Act likely to increase pressure on Democrats to do away with filibuster…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/20/senate-republicans-voting-rights-bill-congress

Republicans Filibuster Bill Averting Government Shutdown, Debt Default | HuffPost

…With Republicans dug in over the debt limit and unwilling to bend to pressure from top White House officials and business leaders, Democrats will likely be forced to take up a bill with GOP support that funds the government through December and leaves the debt ceiling issue unresolved ― for now…

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/debt-limit-default-republicans_n_6151de24e4b03d83bad65371

The lie at the heart of Ted Cruz's dangerous debt ceiling strategy

Ted Cruz plans to filibuster an extension of the debt ceiling. His rationale is based on a rather obvious lie...

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/lie-heart-ted-cruz-s-dangerous-debt-ceiling-strategy-n1279708

Why the Filibuster is Unconstitutional | Robert Reich

Thanks to the filibuster, 41 Senate Republicans representing just 21% of the country are blocking laws supported by the vast majority of Americans. That’s not just wrong – it’s unconstitutional.
https://youtu.be/yKQN15LgDdo

Cruz set to filibuster any Democratic attempt to raise debt limit - POLITICO

…Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that "neither party can wash its hands of responsibility to pay the bills. Leader McConnell keeps talking about the new spending that Democrats have done. That's not this debt."…

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/14/cruz-filibuster-democratic-debt-511771

Opinion | McConnell’s reckless new threat makes a strong case for ending the filibuster - The Washington Post

"There aren't 10 Republicans who are willing to put country over party," congressional scholar Norm Ornstein told us. If Democrats won't end the debt limit once and for all, Ornstein said, "your best option otherwise is to end the filibuster."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/09/mcconnells-reckless-new-threat-makes-strong-case-ending-filibuster/

How the filibuster got way too easy - The Washington Post

"People are going downtown, sitting in the spa somewhere and phoning in the filibuster to keep us from voting!" an outraged Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) said recently on MSNBC…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/silent-filibuster-got-too-easy/2021/07/05/93bf2ff2-d9cd-11eb-9bbb-37c30dcf9363_story.html

Sanders: 'I'm Tired Of Talking About Mr. Manchin And Miss Sinema'

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) tells Andrea Mitchell that he’s “tired of talking about Mr. Manchin and Miss Sinema” when it comes to abolishing the filibuster to pass bills, including voting rights with a simple majority. When asked, he tells Andrea that there's no bipartisan compromise to be had on voting rights that would overcome the filibuster, because he doesn't believe that there are Republicans in the Senate "prepared to vote to support democracy and voting rights I would love to seen them, there aren't any. That's the sad reality.”
https://youtu.be/nkI4MtFSY00