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Kill Switch review: how the Senate filibuster props up Republican power

Kill Switch review: how the Senate filibuster props up Republican power Lloyd Green © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Samuel Corum/Getty Images For nearly a month, Mitch McConnell and his Senate Republicans have waged the parliamentary equivalent of a guerrilla war. Having lost the Georgia runoffs and with them the Senate, McConnell has still managed to stymie formal reorganization of the chamber. In an already sulfurous political landscape, the filibuster – the need for super-majorities of 60 votes to pass legislation – looms once again as a flashpoint. In other words, Adam Jentleson’s book is perfectly timed and aptly subtitled. Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy is an authoritative and well-documented plea for abolishing a 19th-century relic used to thwart the majority’s agenda.

Ethics Complaint Filed Against Seditionists Andy Biggs And Paul Gosar

Ethics Complaint Filed Against Seditionists Andy Biggs And Paul Gosar Home » Ethics Complaint Filed Against Seditionists Andy Biggs And Paul Gosar Ethics Complaint Filed Against Seditionists Andy Biggs And Paul Gosar Advertisement Reps. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina, and Paul Gosar and Andy Biggs of Arizona are accused of “a seditious conspiracy to use force to prevent Congress from carrying out its constitutional and statutory duties to count the votes of the Electoral College,” by the Campaign for Accountability, a government ethics watchdog founded by two former members of CREW. If the House Ethics Office finds any or all of the three Republicans violated federal law,

The path forward for Dems

POLITICO Get the Huddle newsletter Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has agreed to a power-sharing agreement with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer after two Democratic senators vowed to protect the legislative filibuster, paving the way for Democrats to finally begin organizing the Senate committees, among other orders of business for the new majority.

Saturday News: Flagship floundering

UNC-CHAPEL HILL REPORTS 343 STUDENTS AND STAFF TEST POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS: UNC-Chapel Hill reported 112 students tested positive for COVID-19 before they returned to campus or to the Chapel Hill and Carrboro area for the spring semester. Last week, UNC also reported its first cluster of six coronavirus cases among students who’d been living in the Carmichael residence hall

Rep Andy Biggs attacks left, media over Capitol riot allegations

Rep. Andy Biggs hit back at his political foes and the media in an extended statement late Friday intended to establish he did nothing to incite the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. The Arizona Republican – who voted to set aside election results in Arizona and Pennsylvania and has been linked to one of the prominent organizers of the pro-Trump protests in Washington – said he and other conservatives have endured death threats amid the continuing fallout from the riot.  Biggs cast the recent coverage of him as political, defamatory and likened it what he views as the unfair treatment endured by former President Donald Trump.

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