- MLK III Tells Arizona Crowd History Will Remember Sinema Unkindly Over Filibuster https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mlk-day-arizona-mlk-iii-kyrsten-sinema-filibuster_n_61e585ebe4b0c6802ee9fc92 225 comments politics
- ‘Jim Crow relic’: A short history of the filibuster https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/15/nation/jim-crow-relic-short-history-filibuster/ 11 comments politics
- Biden vows to end filibuster ahead of voting rights bills ‘that will mark a turning point’ in U.S. history https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-politics/article-biden-vows-to-end-filibuster-ahead-of-voting-rights-bills-that-will/ 376 comments politics
- Martin Luther King III says history will remember Sen. Kyrsten Sinema 'unkindly' for not supporting filibuster reform to pass voting rights https://www.businessinsider.com/martin-luther-king-iii-history-will-remember-sen-sinema-unkindly-2022-1 104 comments politics
- The Fake History of the Filibuster Won’t Die | Senators keep repeating a made-up origin story. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/fake-history-senate-filibuster-sinema-founders-constitution.html 28 comments politics
- 100+ Groups to Schumer: Throw Filibuster 'Into the Dustbin of History' | In a letter to the Senate majority leader, the coalition says the rule is a "Jim Crow relic" standing in the way of progressive legislative proposals like the For the People Act. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/04/09/100-groups-schumer-throw-filibuster-dustbin-history 21 comments politics
- The filibuster’s racist history, explained https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/3/25/22348308/filibuster-racism-jim-crow-mitch-mcconnell 19 comments politics
- 'Tool of the white supremacist South:' Hayes on racist history of filibuster https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-tool-of-the-white-supremacist-south-hayes-on-racist-history-of-filibuster-109047877997 11 comments politics
- Durbin: To State That The Filibuster Has No Racial History Is To Ignore The Obvious https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-to-state-that-the-filibuster-has-no-racial-history-is-to-ignore-the-obvious 20 comments politics
- 'Strom Thurmond Disagrees': Historians Refute McConnell Claim That Filibuster Has 'No Racial History' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/24/strom-thurmond-disagrees-historians-refute-mcconnell-claim-filibuster-has-no-racial 239 comments politics
- McConnell defends remarks on racial history of Senate filibuster https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/mcconnell-defends-remarks-racial-history-senate-filibuster-n1261873 21 comments politics
- A short history of the filibuster: Rarely a tool for good — and never a tool of democracy https://www.salon.com/2021/03/14/a-short-history-of-the-filibuster-rarely-a-tool-for-good--and-never-a-tool-of-democracy/ 177 comments politics
- 'Kill Switch' Examines The Racist History Of The Senate Filibuster https://www.npr.org/2021/01/12/955970922/kill-switch-examines-the-racist-history-of-the-senate-filibuster 13 comments politics
- Citing her history of torture, Rand Paul threatens to filibuster Trump’s pick to lead the CIA https://thinkprogress.org/rand-paul-gina-haspel-bdb0588ae285/ 26 comments politics
- Senate Democrats Make History By Successfully Filibustering Trump Supreme Court Nominee Gorsuch http://www.politicususa.com/2017/04/06/senate-democrats-history-successfully-filibustering-trump-supreme-court-nominee-gorsuch.html 12 comments politics
- Hatch Calls SCOTUS Filibuster Unprecedented, But Plenty Of History For Judicial Fights http://kuer.org/post/hatch-calls-scotus-filibuster-unprecedented-plenty-history-judicial-fights#stream/0 7 comments politics
- The Senate filibustered President Obama’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s civil rights division, with seven Democrats joining Republicans Wednesday in arguing his past history defending a convicted cop-killer made him the wrong man for the job http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/5/senate-blocks-obamas-civil-rights-nominee/ 11 comments politics
- Harry Reid then: "My Republican colleagues claim that nominees are entitled to an up-down vote. That claim ignores history, including recent history.” (2005) Now: "These nominees deserve at least an up-or-down vote. But Republican filibusters deny them a fair vote and deny the president his team." http://washingtonexaminer.com/harry-reid-then-and-now/article/2539587 14 comments politics
- "In the history of the United States, 168 presidential nominees have been filibustered, 82 blocked under President Obama, 86 blocked under all the other presidents." PolitiFact: Mostly True http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/nov/22/harry-reid/harry-reid-says-82-presidential-nominees-have-been/ 655 comments politics
- Sen. Ted Cruz makes Twitter history by reading tweets for Rand Paul filibuster on the Senate floor http://washingtonexaminer.com/sen.-ted-cruz-reads-supportive-tweets-for-rand-pauls-filibuster-on-the-senate-floor/article/2523519 11 comments politics
- Senate Republicans Make History, First To Filibuster Defense Secretary Nominee http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/02/14/1597061/gop-filibusters-hagel/ 5 comments politics
- For the first time in history, a Secretary of Defense will be filibustered as Republicans put party ahead of country. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57569286/vote-scheduled-on-hagel-nomination-gop-filibustering/ 28 comments politics
- On this day in history: Strom Thurmond filibustered for over 24 hours against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the longest filibuster ever. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/civil_rights_act_of_1957#filibuster 123 comments history
- Sen. Harry Reid set a record during the 111th Congress by becoming the chamber’s most successful Majority Leader in history at killing attempted filibusters. http://www.rollcall.com/news/-201997-1.html 7 comments politics
- Progressive Defends Rand Paul: Which candidate would be more likely to filibuster against a bankers' bailout, against reaffirmation of the Patriot Act, against suppression of the CIA's full torture history? Paul, one would have to bet, and these are the votes that count... http://reason.com/blog/2010/05/22/in-which-a-leftist-defends-ran?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+reason%2Fhitandrun+%28reason+online+-+hit+%26+run+blog%29 27 comments politics
- The filibuster is not the problem, it is the Senate, itself. Its function throughout the history of the republic has been suspect. http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2010/02/going_to_hell_4a.php 37 comments politics
- Why not just let them filibuster? History and discussion. -- Calling Their Bluff is a 'good thing' http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/2/4/833567/-why-not-just-let-them-filibuster-history-and-discussion. 6 comments politics
- Mitch McConnell is wrong. Here’s the filibuster’s ‘racial history.’ | From defending slavery to protecting segregation, the filibuster has been heavily used to block civil rights. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/24/mitch-mcconnell-is-wrong-heres-filibusters-racial-history/ 249 comments politics
- The Filibuster Isn’t the Key to Bipartisanship. I Know This Firsthand. - Republicans who say the filibuster promotes bipartisanship are ignoring the history of the last major bipartisan legislation to pass the U.S. Senate. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/03/24/feingold-filibuster-bipartisanship-senate-477599 58 comments politics
- McConnell blocks his own debt ceiling proposal. “This may be a moment in Senate history, when a senator made a proposal that, when given an opportunity for a vote on that proposal, filibustered his own proposal,” said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. “I don’t think this has ever happened before.” http://www.salon.com/2012/12/06/mcconnell_blocks_his_own_debt_ceiling_proposal/ 6 comments politics
- Senate Democrats led by Chris Murphy, rep. of Newtown, CT at the time of the Sandy Hook Shooting, have held the Senate floor for the past 12 hours, one of the longest filibusters in Senate history, to talk about Gun Violence in the wake of the Orlando Shooting https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/dem-senator-frustrated-by-inaction-on-guns-wages-filibuster/2016/06/15/4ddde2c2-3369-11e6-ab9d-1da2b0f24f93_story.html 44 comments politics