SCHUMER AND MCCONNELL ON THE FILIBUSTER–TIME TO SPEAK UP!
Changing or eliminating the filibuster is possible if Republicans continue opposing Democrat legislative priorities, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday. The filibuster is a 60-vote threshold in the upper chamber to end debate on a proposal and bringing it to a vote. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) last week called it “the essence … Continued