Filibuster in the United States Senate
“This is Jim Crow in the 21st Century,” Joe Biden said about the law that Georgia's governor signed on Thursday.
It's a major change for the California Democrat, who has long been opposed to changing the Senate procedure.
"My deepest and greatest sadness is for the American people,” Schumer said just before the Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
The former Senate leader has been among the most high-level political voices favoring to end the 60-vote threshold for legislation.
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“I think it’s going to depend on how obstreperous [Republicans] become,” he said of nixing the longstanding rule that often throttles legislation.
Trump suggested GOP senators use their majority to override their Democratic colleagues.
Like the Senate even cares.
Sherrod Brown says his GOP colleagues vent about the president's "incompetence" and "ethics."