Sentences with phrase «republican filibuster»

The default rate is high, and legislation that would have allowed students to negotiate a lower interest rate, the way people do with mortgages, was blocked in the U.S. Senate by a Republican filibuster.

The bill failed after a Republican filibuster on June 9, 2014.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada managed to hold together his 60 - seat Democratic caucus to overcome a Republican filibuster and launch debate on the $ 849 billion Democratic proposal that would expand health coverage to 31 million more Americans.

Composed of 58 Democrats and two Independents who caucus with the Democrats, the Senate Democratic Caucus potentially has the 60 votes necessary to break a Republican filibuster of the health care reform bill crafted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

The bill has been stalled in the Senate since September, lacking sufficient votes to break a likely Republican filibuster.

These aren't issues likely to trigger a Republican filibuster.

The Moderates get turned off by the Party Platform and decide to return to their parent's Democratic Party roots in enough districts to return control of Congress to the Democrats, and eliminate the threat of Republican Filibuster in the Senate.

The problem is when Tea Party Republicans filibuster to prevent the majority of Senators from voting.

And they have said that if Republicans filibuster a candidate for what they consider to be insufficient justification, that they will.

Not exact matches

The bottom line is that when Trump blames the filibuster as his primary obstacle to achieving more legislative wins, he is often ignoring underlying factors, mainly that in most cases Republicans can not agree enough to make good on years of promises.

Through the budget reconciliation process — which would avoid a drawn - out fight and filibuster by Democrats — Republicans can adjust only parts of the law that have to do with the federal government's finances.

While Congress is in the hands of a Republican majority, getting Democrats to go along with cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans — as is Trump's plan — will be a tough sell; while the Republicans control the Senate, the Democratic minority could filibuster bills they don't like.

To pass the AHCA in the Senate, the Republicans need to deploy «reconciliation,» an expedited budget process that requires just 50 votes, instead of the 60 needed to prevent a filibuster.

But no one, including Paul, anticipated the magnitude of support his filibuster would get, both from his Senate colleagues and from Republican activists on Twitter and Facebook.

Plus, Republicans won't have a filibuster - proof Senate majority.

That method allows Republicans to move the bill through the Senate with only a majority vote — avoiding a potential Democratic filibuster.

The process allows Republicans to avoid a Democratic filibuster and pass the bill on a party - line vote, but it comes with strings attached.

Republicans are using a process known as budget reconciliation to pass the bill without being subject to a Democratic filibuster.

Many in Washington now assume that as soon as Republicans get control of the Senate they will get rid of the filibuster on legislation, possibly easing the way to repeal of Obamacare and maybe even the Dodd - Frank financial reform law.

All told, 13 Republican Senators, and Oregon Democrat Sen. Ron Wyden, had joined the filibuster by the time Paul yielded the floor shortly before 1 a.m.

Republicans need just a simple 51 - vote total to confirm a judicial nominee after the filibuster on lower - level court judicial nominees was killed by Democrats when they last controlled the Senate in an effort to help move along some of Obama's nominees more quickly.

Republicans and some Wall Street analysts warn that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's decision to blow up the filibuster on presidential nominations will lead to an even darker period of partisan acrimony, throwing into question the ability of Congress to pass a bill to fund the government past January and raise the debt limit in February.

Over the course of the day, Paul's filibuster became a hotspot for up - and - coming Republicans, with a parade of conservative Senators — including Ted Cruz (R - Texas), Mike Lee (R - Utah), Marco Rubio (R - Fla.)

Democrats can filibuster any legislation that goes through the normal Senate process, since Republicans only control 52 seats.

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus has sought to downplay the divisions between Republican libertarians and the Establishment, and reiterated to reporters Monday that he thinks Sen. Paul's filibuster was a «unifying moment» for the GOP.

Fox News host Sean Hannity asked Ryan during an interview Wednesday night if the filibuster was hampering Republicans» agenda.

Republicans are using what's called «budget reconciliation» to pass their health care bill with a bare majority of 50 votes and avoid a Democratic filibuster.

To get legislation through the Senate, Republicans would need the support of at least eight Democrats to break an expected filibuster.

So, Democrats — including several Catholics, such as Senator Tim Kaine, who are «personally» though not professionally opposed to abortion — voted to filibuster the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, and the Republican leaders who could have moved a bump stock ban bill to the floor after the Las Vegas massacre did not.

The Senate Republicans didn't have the votes to overcome a Democratic filibuster.

A tough, shrewd, and principled Republican president might still get a constitutionalist judge through the Senate even under those circumstances (though it might involve killing the filibuster), but it would be a long, grinding battle.

Paul's filibuster shone a light on drones, leading many Republicans and some Democrats on Capitol Hill to question their use.

In a Wall Street Journal article defending the importance of the Senate filibuster, Sasse made the case that the impulse — prevalent among Democrats and, increasingly, Republicans — to circumvent this process in order to effectuate a particular result is in fact «radical,» not «conservative.»

All this happened even with the Republicans constant filibustering.

Democrats will have some leverage because on important issues, they'll likely force Republicans to garner 60 votes to end filibusters.

Of course the bill's doomed on the Senate floor, since Republicans would no doubt filibuster it out of existence, but that's not enough for the grandly - titled «Public Advocate of the United States,» one Eugene Delgaudio of Loudon County, Virginia.

The federal bill that will provide New York with some $ 2.6 billion in Medicaid and education aid just passed the US Senate 61 - 39 (no surprise, as that was the same as yesterday's cloture vote in which two moderate Maine Republicans joined with the Democrats to end the GOP filibuster).

Or Republicans (House and Senate filibusters)?

Could the Republicans do exactly the same to Sen. Murphy, and every other Democrat who speaks out, thus effectively bringing an end to debate and preventing a filibuster, with their simple majority?

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On November 21, 2013, the Senate used the so - called «nuclear option», voting 52 - 48 — with all Republicans and three Democrats voting against — to eliminate the use of the filibuster on executive branch nominees and judicial nominees, except to the Supreme Court.

U.S. Senate Republicans deployed the so - called «nuclear option» and changed longstanding rules to clear the way for the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve on the Supreme Court, bypassing a precedent - breaking Democratic filibuster by allowing the nomination to go forward on a simple majority vote.

U.S. Senate Republicans voted to end the filibuster of Supreme Court nominations, setting the stage for the rapid elevation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the high court and removing a pillar of the minority party's power to exert influence in the chamber.

In 2013 in response to the Republicans rejecting President Obama's nominees, Senate Democrats reduced the vote to halt a filibuster to confirmation of certain government positions to 50 votes.

US Senate Republicans ended their filibuster on Wall Street reform, allowing the measure to move onto the floor for debate.

Seven Republicans joined 54 Senate Democrats in the 61 - 30 vote to prevent any filibuster of the bill.

Republicans did not repeal the filibuster.

Paterson predicted that New York will receive some $ 730 million worth of aid from the Medicaid / education bill the US Senate is expected to vote on this week after breaking a long - standing GOP filibuster with the help of two moderate Maine Republicans.

The fruit of these efforts is not the hoped - for Republican governing majority, but the real prospect of a filibuster - proof Democrat majority in 2009.

Axelrod also said Sunday that Senate Republicans should not filibuster Sotomayor's nomination, even though Democrats in the Senate have mounted filibusters against Republican judicial nominees in recent years.