Senate Dems prepare to filibuster GOP plan to avert govt shutdown — despite trying to defang tactic under Biden

Back in 2022, then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took up consideration of a measure in 2022 to shift to a watered-down "talking filibuster" on two pieces of voting rights legislation. That move was widely seen as the opening salvo in efforts to defang the filibuster broadly.

Mar 13, 2025 - 22:36
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Senate Dems prepare to filibuster GOP plan to avert govt shutdown — despite trying to defang tactic under Biden
Back in 2022, then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took up consideration of a measure in 2022 to shift to a watered-down "talking filibuster" on two pieces of voting rights legislation. That move was widely seen as the opening salvo in efforts to defang the filibuster broadly.