Pressure grows on Biden to end filibuster
Annie Linskey, Sean Sullivan and Maria Sacchetti, The Washington Post
March 5, 2021
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President Joe Biden is shown at the White House in Washington on Feb. 10, 2021.Washington Post photo by Bill O Leary
WASHINGTON - Pressure is building on President Joe Biden, a longtime backer of traditional Washington rules, to do away with the filibuster and other procedures as Democrats press him to seize what could be a fleeting moment of power to enact his agenda.
Liberals have long pushed for sweeping changes such as expanding the Supreme Court, ending the electoral college and banning gerrymandering. But as Biden faces a critical stretch of his presidency, even moderate Democrats are urging more-immediate changes - particularly rewriting the filibuster so that at the very least fewer bills need 60 votes to pass the Senate.
Tanden withdraws as budget nominee in Biden s first Cabinet defeat
Seung Min Kim and Tyler Page, The Washington Post
March 2, 2021
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 10: Neera Tanden, President Joe Bidens nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), testifies during a Senate Committee on the Budget hearing on Capitol Hill on February 10, 2021 in Washington, DC. Tanden helped found the Center for American Progress, a policy research and advocacy organization and has held senior advisory positions in Democratic politics since the Clinton administration. (Photo by Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images)Pool/Getty Images
WASHINGTON - The White House withdrew Neera Tanden s nomination to be director of the White House Office of Management and Budget on Tuesday evening after she faced bipartisan opposition for the job - dealing President Joe Biden his first Cabinet defeat in the evenly split Senate.
With crucial aid vote approaching, Senate Democrats guard their slim majority
Paul Kane, The Washington Post
March 3, 2021
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WASHINGTON - In late January, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., fell ill and was briefly hospitalized. A day later, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., went into quarantine for a few days after coming in close contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus.
Both senators returned to work a few days later, but their brief absence served as a stark reminder of just how perilous the Democratic majority is in a 50-50 Senate, particularly as they plan to push through a $1.9 trillion pandemic rescue package later this week.
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