Excerpt: | After years of talk, filibuster reform has finally become a reality. Today, the United States Senate took a huge and momentous step towards becoming a more democratic body. By a vote of fifty-two to forty-eight, senators voted to change Senate rules to abolish filibusters of executive and judicial nominations, except Supreme Court nominations. The move […] |
Published at: | 1:03 PM on Thursday, November 21st, 2013 |
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Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
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Categories: | Breaking News, Party Politics, Public Service |
Tags: | Filibuster Reform |
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U.S. Senate’s Pacific Northwest delegation votes along party lines to reform the filibuster