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McConnell Vows 'Scorched Earth' If Senate Ends Filibuster
McConnell Vows 'Scorched Earth' If Senate Ends Filibuster
McConnell Vows 'Scorched Earth' If Senate Ends Filibuster
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is warning ominously of a “scorched earth” landscape if Democrats use their new majority to bring an end to the Senate filibuster process. Senators have been considering changes to the decades-old rules that typically require 60 votes to advance legislation...
Watch Senator Rand Paul Holding Filibuster in the Senate
Watch Senator Rand Paul Holding Filibuster in the Senate
Watch Senator Rand Paul Holding Filibuster in the Senate
Standing up to speak on the floor of the United States Senate to hold up a vote on an issue via a talking filibuster is a rare but time-honored tradition.  And there is one happening right now by the junior senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul.  Paul started his filibuster saying "I will speak until I can no longer speak."