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In the last years of his life, former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urged Democrats to build on his legacy of ending the filibuster.
Harry Reid and the Filibuster: How One Facet of the Late Senator's Legacy Remains More Relevant Than Ever Reid, who died Tuesday at 82, used the “nuclear option” as Majority Leader and later ...
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Adam Jentleson, who served as the deputy chief of staff to Sen. Harry Reid, about the impact President Biden's support of changing Senate rules has on the filibuster.
Harry Reid, who died in Nevada, used the "nuclear option" on the filibuster rule in 2013. Democrats should finish killing it to pass voting rights.
Reid came out for killing the filibuster in 2019, arguing that it had outlived its usefulness and was suppressing the popular will. “The legislative filibuster is gone,” he told me that summer.
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Monday called for abolishing the legislative filibuster, citing unprecedented gridlock in the Senate. In a New York Times op-ed, the former Democratic ...
Senators Harry Reid, left, and Charles Schumer in 2013 supporting the abolishment of the filibuster for most presidential appointees. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times ...
Harry Reid, who died Tuesday, was right to “go nuclear” in ending the Senate filibuster for most presidential nominees, including for lower court judgeships. That action in 2013 could be ...
Harry Reid’s filibuster deal won’t be the reform some hoped for, but it might block a small band of conservatives.
Former Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Monday called for an end to the legislative filibuster, asserting that removing the procedure would help end the “era of obstruction and inaction ...
The filibuster is fundamental to the protection of the minority’s right to debate and to offer amendments. This has made the Senate a unique body for more than 200 years.
Key parts of the Senate budget proposal containing vast swathes of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda are on the chopping ...