Sentences with phrase «led filibuster»

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, whose state of Connecticut shouldered the killing of 20 children in Newtown in 2012, led a filibuster on Wednesday to try to force a vote, insisting he would stay on the Senate floor «until we get some signal, some sign that we can come together.»

Not exact matches

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.

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

This comes, of course, just one week after Senator Chris Murphy led a 15 - hour filibuster for a vote on gun control.

«We've seen the commitment of Democratic members of Congress highlighted by Senator Chris Murphy's filibuster and the sit - ins led by Representative John Lewis and many of our New York members of our New York congressional delegation.»

Murphy led a 15 - hour filibuster on the Senate floor in June to call for action on gun violence.

Here's a more recent article that talks about the aspect of US soil, which eventually led to the recent Rand Paul filibuster this past week:

The budding Republican divisions come as the GOP - led Senate pushed toward a final vote this week on a budget that would shield a future bill repealing Obama's law from a Democratic filibuster.

, who led the 15 - hour filibuster in the Senate last week, showed up to encourage Democrats.

The sit - in, led by veteran civil rights campaigner and Georgia congressman John Lewis, was staged to demand a vote on gun control measures, after a 15 - hour filibuster in the Senate on 16 June led to a floor vote on four measures, including one which aimed to prevent those on a terrorist no - fly list from purchasing firearms.

The test of garnering a filibuster - proof 60 - vote majority in the U.S. Senate for climate legislation has certainly led to plenty of teeth - gnashing.

He also led Sierra Club's work on judicial nominations, including the filibusters of 2003 — 2006 and litigation over the constitutionality of recess appointments for federal judges, and was counsel in In re Cheney.

Now that the Senate Judiciary Committee's lone person equipped with a uterus has said «no filibuster,» leading blawgger Howard Bashman examines who the court's new swinger will be.

She's expected to be among those leading the fight to prevent an overhaul of Dodd - Frank in the Senate, where passing a law requires 60 votes to overcome a filibuster.