Filibusters and Debate Curbs – Page 2

Democrats Can Win This Fall if They Make One Key Promise

To make the 2022 elections a referendum on Roe, Democrats have to put protecting Roe and abortion rights on the table.

Gun Talks Put Senate’s Tattered Credibility on the Line

After a string of Democratic failures on marquee issues, Senator Chuck Schumer’s decision to give bipartisan gun talks time is a test of the Senate — and of democracy itself.

It’s Not Looking Too Good for Government of the People, by the People and for the People

The filibuster is only one part of the larger problem of the capture of America’s political institutions by an unrepresentative minority.

Democrats Plan a Bid to Codify Roe, but Lack the Votes to Succeed

In announcing a Wednesday vote on doomed legislation to enshrine abortion rights into federal law, the top Senate Democrat teed up a political fight for the midterm campaign.

This Is Why It Took More Than 100 Years to Get an Anti-Lynching Bill

Our politicl system was the primary obstacle to protecting the lives and livelihoods of its own citizens.