South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, one of President Joe Biden’s top congressional allies, is urging him to push for major changes to the Senate’s filibuster rules — because without swift passage of the Democrats’ election reform bill, the party “can kiss the majority goodbye.” “I don’t care whether he does […]
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Progressives form PAC to challenge Manchin, Sinema over filibuster
A group of prominent progressives has launched a Political Action Committee with the goal of ousting the two Democrats in the Senate who oppose ending the legislative filibuster. The filibuster is a Senate rule requiring 60 members to end debate on most topics and move forward to a vote. The […]
A reckoning for teachers unions and other commentary
Libertarian: A Reckoning for Teachers Unions “Another day, another set of parents who discovered” the reopening of their kids’ schools thwarted by a politically powerful teachers union,” laments Reason’s Matt Welch. This time, it was in wealthy Montclair, NJ, whose superintendent announced Friday that schools, closed for the past 319 […]