Speaker Johnson doubles down on defense of filibuster

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) doubled down on his support for the Senate filibuster, even as President Trump has pushed the ...

Live updates: Johnson warns against ending filibuster amid Trump push; SNAP benefits on edge of expiration

Speaker Mike Johnson warned against the end of the filibuster, an action President Trump insisted the Senate take get rid of ...

Republican leaders reject ending the Senate filibuster despite Trump’s call to nuke it

The top two Republicans in Congress are showing no interest in taking the unprecedented step of ending the legislative ...

Speaker Johnson warns of consequences of nuking filibuster

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in a press conference Friday talked about the downsides of using the “nuclear option” to bypass ...

Republican leaders reject Trump’s demands to scrap the Senate filibuster to end the shutdown

President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster. That's so the Republican majority can bypass ...
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Crooks and LiarsOpinion

Oh No, Mike Johnson, Don't Threaten Us With A Good Time!

Mike "Jeebus" Johnson squirmed a lil' bit as he tried to oppose Trump's demand to get rid of the filibuster without turning himself into Trump's next target. Via the Daily Beast: The visibly uneasy ...
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Mike Johnson accidentally tells the truth on the filibuster: ‘What would the Democrats do?’

Republicans have been trying to use the shutdown to force Democrats to sign on to the trillions being taken out of healthcare to pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, and now they’re ...