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Senate gives initial approval to redistricting plan as Houston senator pledges filibuster
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Texas Dem Inserted Catheter for Aborted Filibuster Speech: State Sen. Carol Alvarado planned to delay a Trump-sponsored gerrymandering bill but was foiled even ...
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Filibusters in the Texas Senate: What you need to know: Filibuster rules in the Texas Senate require a senator to hold the floor by standing and speaking ...
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Democratic Texas state Sen. Carol Alvarado outfitted with catheter, urine bag for redistricting bill filibuster
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GOP redistricting plan heads to Abbott after Texas Senate thwarts filibuster
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Dems to pick up House seat as Alvarado concedes to Dembo in KY 6th District: Dr. Ralph Alvarado and Zach Dembo are vying to represent Kentucky's 6th ...
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Chris Murphy Insists Dems Must Nuke the Filibuster Or ‘Nobody is Going to Vote for Us Ever Again’
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Ralph Alvarado advances as GOP nominee for Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District: Ralph Alvarado wins Republican primary for the Kentucky District 6 ...
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Why Ralph Alvarado wants to make a political comeback in Central Kentucky: Ralph Alvarado, who got President Donald Trump’s endorsement, hopes to win the GOP ...
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Under pressure from Trump, Republicans plan long talkathon on voting bill: Republicans are trying to show Trump that they are serious about the voting bill ...
pressdemocrat.com/2026/03/12/congress-voting-bill-talkathon/

Fox Star Laura Ingraham Confronts MAGA Senator with Dire Warning: Fox News host Ingraham warned a GOP senator that his party will be “wiped out” thanks to the ...
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Trump Promises to Torture Disobedient GOP Senators With 3 A.M. Phone Calls: A MAGA insider promises the president will “make their lives a living hell.”
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Key FactsUnnamed adviser: Trump plans calls to defiant Republican senators
Nov 5, 2025 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: thedailybeast.com
- According to Axios, an unnamed MAGA adviser said Trump would call disobedient Republican senators at 3 a.m.
- The shutdown began September 30 and neared its 35th day as Trump demanded eliminating the Senate filibuster.
- In a November 4 Truth Social post, Trump urged Republicans to end the filibuster and shutdown immediately.
- Wall Street Journal editors warned ending the filibuster would harm the country, and Mike Johnson expressed similar concerns.

Government shutdown updates: With SNAP funding set to lapse Trump calls for eliminating filibuster 'NOW' to end shutdown
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Texas Democrats take redistricting battle online after map is approved: Democrats took to social media to to criticize the new congressional map after it passed ...
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Texas adopts electoral map aimed at preserving Trump's Congress grip: The state senate voted along party lines to pass the map 18-11 shortly after midnight ...
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Former Arizona US Senator was right about the filibuster, and Democrats know it | Opinion
azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/philboas/2025/03/18/arizona-senator-sinema-filibuster-racist-democrats-aoc/82504913007/
Democrats tried to kill the filibuster. I bet they're glad that didn't work. | Opinion
usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/11/25/democrats-filibuster-trump-cabinet-senate-confirmations/76413227007/

Democrats’ efforts to expand Supreme Court and restrict filibuster would have backfired | Opinion
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Republicans promise to protect the Senate filibuster, even if it hinders Trump's agenda
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Harris’s call for filibuster reform gets pushback from Democrats: Some Democrats are sounding an early alarm on the prospect of reforming the Senate’s filibuster ...
thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4899774-filibuster-reform-democrats-alarm/

Democrat stripped of House leadership role after leaving state to block elections bill
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