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Senator Machaela Cavanaugh has agreed to end her 3-week filibuster, for now.

A legislative committee advanced a wide-ranging income tax reduction bill Thursday amid questions about whether the state could afford it.

Legislative speaker John Arch said an agreement has been reached with State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, which will end her filibuster.

Cavanaugh declared she would “burn the session to the ground” in an effort to stymie the bill. And so far, she has, slowing the Legislature's business to a crawl.

Nebraska state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh is three weeks into a pledge to filibuster every bill that comes before the Legislature — even the ones she supports. The Omaha lawmaker is pontificating on …

“If this Legislature collectively decides that legislating hate against children is our priority, then I am going to make it painful,” said Nebraska state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh.

John Arch said fewer bills may be passed in this session, and senators should be prepared to wait until next year for some of their priority bills.

State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh has vowed to filibuster every bill, even ones that she supports, over the proposed legislation.

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/nebraska-lawmaker-3-weeks-into-filibuster-over-trans-bill/"></div>LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — It was a mundane, unanimously supported bill on liquor taxation that saw state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh take to the mic on the Nebraska Legislature floor last week. She offered her support, then spent the next three days discussing everything but the bill, including her favorite Girl Scout cookies, Omaha&#82...

Nebraska state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, a registered Democrat, has filibustered every bill introduced in the chamber because of a proposal to ban transgender procedures on minors.