Analysis
Daines-Merkley Rules Reform Analysis
Senators Steve Daines and Jeff Merkley propose sweeping changes to Senate rules to expedite bipartisan legislation, strengthen committees, and increase amendment votes. But their reforms would also limit debate and restrict individual senators’ ability to offer amendments, shifting power from the full Senate to a subset of its members.
The Rules Aren't The Problem
Democrats could have already voted to begin debate on the voting rights bill if they spent less time complaining about the Senate’s rules and more time using them to achieve their goals.
Republicans Poised to Nuke Legislative Filibuster
Nuclear option needed to force the Blunt-Lankford resolution through the Senate over Democrats’ objections