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The Senate voted 92-6 in favor of progressing the bill, proposed following recent attacks on Asian Americans, to debate.

If she gets into the race soon, Representative Ted Budd may not join the fray.

Late actor Robin Williams, who passed away in 2014, infused his opinion with his signature comedic stylings.

The owners of the venue say that they "believe in the sanctity of marriage as God says in the Bible," which is only between a man and a woman.

"There's nothing worse than a reckless jackass who thinks he's smarter than everybody else," Boehner said of Cruz.

The Senate minority leader praised the Democrat for wanting to keep the filibuster in the upper house.

President Joe Biden has said he supports reform of the filibuster while others want it eliminated entirely.

"Few Republicans have as much COURAGE and FIGHT as Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks," the former president said.

Though both his job approval and favorability ratings have dropped, the Kentucky Republican easily won his bid for reelection last fall.

The minority leader said businesses should "stay out of politics."

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reportedly said that the Senate filibuster "certainly should be lifted for constitutional matters" during an unreleased podcast appearance, adding that "I would put election law matters at the top of that list."

Democrats are pushing President Joe Biden to include recurring payments in his economic plan but it's unlikely they'll get enough support from Republicans.

Senate Democrats are set to send President Joe Biden a letter on Tuesday calling for recurring direct payments and an extension of unemployment assistance if it's needed.

Former President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law said she was talking about a Senate bid with her family.

"Facebook's enforcement of its own policies is consistently and demonstrably insufficient," Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) wrote in a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday.

The West Virginia senator called on Democrats to strike a balance rather than usher in a historic reform package along party lines.

Gutting the filibuster would put Democrats in a position of passing legislation without Republican support, but it could come back to haunt them.

The Republican Senate Minority Leader said the White House is "not interested in doing anything on a bipartisan basis."

Progressives continue to push for $15 an hour, despite their failure to get the raise included in the recently passed American Rescue Plan.

"If we really want something that is going to be lasting, we need to pass legislation," the vice president said.

"This is not and should not be a partisan issue—it is an American issue," President Joe Biden said Tuesday.

Former President Donald Trump said it would be "catastrophic" for the Republican Party if the Senate filibuster is eliminated.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said that President Joe Biden's suggestion that the Senate return to a requirement that senators speak during the entirety of a filibuster was "an idea worth discussing" on Friday.

Nuking the Senate filibuster would both undermine our political order and be politically shortsighted for Democrats.

The daughter of the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a longtime Democratic U.S. Senator from New York, reportedly told an Asian American couple to "go back to communist China" in a racist tirade that was partly captured in a recent viral video.

"My colleagues want to come here and block a valid legal claim from being honored," Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) protested while blocking a Democratic proposal to prevent debt collectors from seizing the $1,400 stimulus payments included in President Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan.

The Republican's campaign website calls on voters to "send a proven conservative leader" to the Senate.

The South Carolina senator told Fox News that GOP lawmakers would fight any Democratic plan to "abolish the filibuster and transform America."

The president admitted he "may not get" any Republican votes.

Senator Feinstein, the oldest sitting U.S. senator, confirmed she plans to serve through the end of her term. She will not be up for re-election until 2024.