Fate of the Filibuster Emerges as a Central Issue in Senate Budget Fight
Some Republicans are uneasy that their party is pursuing a tactic that could weaken the filibuster and backfire in the future.
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Some Republicans are uneasy that their party is pursuing a tactic that could weaken the filibuster and backfire in the future.
Congressional Republicans have mostly tempered their criticism or deferred to the president as he topples what were once their party’s core foreign policy principles.
Senators Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitch McConnell voted against confirming Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary. To Capitol insiders, their decisions weren’t surprising.
In 2017, Betsy DeVos barely survived her confirmation vote to become President Trump’s secretary of education.