Democrats still face tricky path to gutting filibuster despite Manchin’s openness to reforms

Metadata

• Author: [[Manu Raju]]
• Full Title: Democrats still face tricky path to gutting filibuster despite Manchin’s openness to reforms
• Category: #articles
• URL: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/08/politics/filibuster-democratic-reaction/index.html

Highlights

• Under one of Merkley’s proposals, if at least 41 senators vote to block ending debate on a bill or nominee, they would enter a period of extended debate where one or more senators could prevent a final vote for as long as they could physically keep debating the issue on the floor.