Republicans Threaten Floor Takeover if Democrats Weaken Filibuster
Washington Times
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Senate Republicans are threatening that they will attempt a takeover of the Senate agenda if Democrats weaken the filibuster. While left-leaning articles highlight that many Senate Democrats are poised to try to significantly scale back the power of the filibuster, right-leaning articles highlight that Republicans say they’ll bring up legislation that can easily garner 50 GOP votes and a few Democratic ones.
A left-leaning article by The New York Times highlights that many Senate Democrats are poised to try to significantly scale back the power of the filibuster. Biden urged Senate Democrats to eliminate the filibuster against voting rights bills.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that Republicans plan on forcing votes on issues ranging from the Keystone XL pipeline to abortion rules to a U.S-Mexico border wall. Republicans are also looking at smaller bills such as prohibiting the administration from imposing a fracking ban by executive order.
A right-leaning article by Washington Examiner highlights that Republicans say they’ll bring up legislation that can easily garner 50 GOP votes and a few Democratic ones. This could advance Republican measures under the rule change Democrats are considering.
From the right
Republicans plot filibuster revenge strategy against Senate Democrats
Washington Examiner