<p>If Senator Dianne Feinstein completes her term in office through 2024, California Democrats will have a battle royale to succeed her. A progressive challenge from Rep. Barbara Lee would seek to make her the oldest senator ever elected to office. </p>
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By Susan Jones | July 22, 2021 | 7:53am EDT
The late Senator Strom Thurmond (D-S.C.) is mobbed by reporters as he steps from the Senate Chamber after ending his 24-hour, 18-minute filibuster against the Civil Rights Bill. Thurmond s talkathon broke the record set in 1953 by Senator Wayne Morse (D-Oreg.). (Photo from Bettmann Collection via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - One of the people who questioned President Joe Biden at a CNN town hall Wednesday night aligned herself with the Democrats drive to abolish the filibuster, which would completely sideline the minority party which now happens to be the Republican Party.
With a narrow margin in the House and a one-vote margin in the Senate, Democrats hardly have a mandate to squelch Republicans, but no matter. Many Democrats have indicated they d have no qualms about ramming through their agenda without a single Republican vote.
Joe Biden town hall in Cincinnati: Here s the full CNN transcript The Enquirer
Transcript of the July 21, 2021 CNN town hall with President Joe Biden at Mount St. Joseph University in Delhi Township, Ohio
DON LEMON, CNN HOST: Good evening, everyone. We are live in Cincinnati, Ohio, tonight on the campus of Mount Saint JosephUniversity overlooking the Ohio River. This is a CNN town hall with the president of the United States, Joe Biden. I m Don Lemon.
President Biden is six months into his presidency and facing a critical moment for his agenda. Nearly half of the U.S. population is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19 but the pace of the vaccination is at its lowest point since January. And the highly infectious Delta variant is driving a new COVID surge in all 50 states.