Opinion | Our Families Fought for Civil Rights. Don’t Let Jim Crow Stand.
I’m Myrlie Evers. Right before he was murdered, my husband, Medgar Evers, told me, “Don’t ever give up on those things that you [...]
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Biden says ditching the filibuster would throw Congress ‘into chaos’ and lead to gridlock.
By Annie Karni President Biden on Wednesday night defended the filibuster, a procedural tactic that stands to hold up much of his agenda [...]
Opinion | Sinema and Manchin’s Nihilistic Bipartisanship
By Michelle Goldberg Opinion Columnist We are in the eye of the storm of American democratic collapse. There is, outwardly, a feeling of [...]
The Senate’s ‘Talking Filibuster’ Might Rise Again
If the filibuster did not exist, Senate Democrats could use the hair-thin majority they won in January to pursue an ambitious legislative agenda. [...]
Opinion | The Senate Is Making a Mockery of Itself
A former Senate staffer explains how the institution became a legislative black hole — and how to fix it. transcript The Senate Is [...]