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Rep. Mike Kennedy says no need for House members to be in Washington, floats changing the filibuster

To beat the Senate filibuster rule, Republicans need at least seven Democrats to cross the aisle and close debate in order to pass funding legislation. The subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year, and Kennedy, a physician, has repeatedly said ...

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 upper chamber to use the so-called “nuclear option” to forgo it and

Senate returns to work as government shutdown nears longest in US history over Obamacare fight

Senate Republicans and Democrats remain deadlocked over Obamacare subsidies as the shutdown nears historic length.
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