As Senate Democrats debate amending the filibuster rule to pass federal voting rights legislation, Republicans at the state level have already passed a wave of […]
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Clyburn: ‘I Think I Am Making Progress’ On Filibuster Reform
“I’m still working with them, and I think I am making progress. We’ll see when the time comes,” says Majority Whip Clyburn on talks with […]
Continue readingThreatened With Arrest, Texas Dems Draw Courage From History’s Civil Rights Leaders
Texas State Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks about the illogic that exposes the disingenuousness of the voting restrictions being advanced by Texas Republicans, and expresses her […]
Continue readingWe Don’t Need To Say ‘Filibuster’ To Talk Voting Rights With Manchin Says Texas Rep.
Texas Democrats meeting with Sen. Joe Manchin about voting rights without talking about the filibuster is discussed by St. Rep. Joe Moody, who was stripped […]
Continue readingJim Crow Still Has Some Nephews That Are Alive And Well: Congressman
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, joins Morning Joe to discuss the effort to pass voting rights legislation and why he says there should be a filibuster […]
Continue readingBiden Wants To Return To Time Where Filibuster Worked, Says WH | MSNBC
White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre discusses where the president is on changes to the legislative filibuster as voting rights legislation is currently […]
Continue readingClyburn Hopeful Joe Manchin Will See Wisdom Of Scrapping Filibuster For Voting Rights
Rep. James Clyburn talks with Rachel Maddow about the idea of making an exception to the Senate filibuster for constitutional issues like voting rights and […]
Continue readingBeto O’Rourke: Filibuster Exception On Voting Rights Needed To Save Democracy
Fmr. Congressman Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) says President Biden’s remarks on protecting voting rights was “a speech the country needed to hear,” but says it lacked […]
Continue reading‘Rigged Against Democracy’: Hayes On The Backward Filibuster System
Chris Hayes: Democrats need 60 votes to try to protect the voting rights people fought for decades to achieve. But Republicans needed just 50 to […]
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