Manchin rips Cornyn for filibuster flip as Texas GOP runoff looms | Fox Wilmington WSFX-TV

Manchin rips Cornyn for filibuster flip as Texas GOP runoff looms | Fox Wilmington WSFX-TV

close Video Trump pushes for SAVE Act as GOP divided on talking filibuster Chad Pergram reports on President Donald Trump’s push to pass the SAVE Act and Senate Republicans’ division over the talking filibuster in order to pass the legislation. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. John Cornyn’s reversal on scrapping the Senate filibuster is sparking backlash among some supporters of the 60-vote rule, with one leading proponent, fo…

Should the Senate bring back the talking filibuster?

President Donald Trump’s top domestic priority is the SAVE America Act, a bill to create new voting restrictions in the name of “election security.” But the bill does not have the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster and pass the Senate. Trump’s solution: The Senate should return to Jimmy Stewart-style talking filibusters.Senators these days rarely speak for hours to obstruct legislation like Stewart did in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” Pr…

This GOP senator sinks to a new low to win Trump’s affection

Talk about desperate …� GOP Sen. John Cornyn of Texas caved to right-wing activists’ demands Wednesday, saying that he now supports nuking the filibuster to pass President Donald Trump'...

GOP Eyes New Tactic to Push Trump’s Voter ID Bill Past Filibuster

The Kenya Times ~ Trending, Breaking News and Videos GOP Eyes New Tactic to Push Trump’s Voter ID Bill Past Filibuster A Republican senator has suggested a new strategy to force a vote on President Donald Trump’s backed SAVE America Act in the Senate if it stalls under the chamber’s filibuster rules. Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson, on Thursday, March 12, said he wants senators to hold a vote on eliminating the legislative filibuster after Republi…

DAVID MARCUS: Sen Thune has no idea how mad the GOP base is at him – Your Capital Minds

About 60% of Texas Republicans voted last Tuesday to end John Cornyn’s career in the Senate, but it wasn’t really Cornyn they were rejecting. It was the feckless, do-nothing GOP Senate leadership that makes ‘Waiting for Godot’ look like a ‘Fast and Furious.’ Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wound up in a virtual tie with Cornyn, and headed to a runoff precisely because Republican voters, not just in Texas, but across the country, are incandesce…