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Filibuster
Filibuster news and analysis from The Nation
September 14, 2020
The Electoral College and the Senate both marginalize states that are the hardest hit by climate change.
September 19, 2019
The United States will be a nonentity at this fall’s UN climate summit. But the 2020 election is a chance to change the game.
June 18, 2019
An historic forum revealed consensus on the need for policies like raising the minimum wage and affordable childcare—and some big differences.
March 15, 2019
It takes 60 votes for Democrats to build something, but only 50 for the GOP to tear it down.
April 5, 2017
And hold your senators accountable for their vote on the “nuclear” option.
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April 3, 2017
Five good reasons why Democrats are right to block Trump’s nominee.
March 31, 2017
If Republicans nuke the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees, they have more to lose than Democrats do.
March 28, 2017
President Trump’s greatest political weakness isn’t his alleged ties to Russia. It’s a cruel policy agenda that the American people overwhelmingly reject.
June 16, 2016
This is the beginning of a new politics that says moments of silence must be replaced with moments of action.
March 23, 2015
Bringing back a strong and healthy labor movement is everybody’s job—but to do it, we’ll have to change our corporate and political models as well.
