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Congressional Review Act
May 23, 2025
Grace Segers
Senate Republicans Flirt With Nuking the Filibuster
GOP Senators are chipping away at the 60-vote threshold, marking one more step toward majority rule in the upper chamber.
December 10, 2021
Timothy Noah
The Stupid Right-Wing Law Behind the Senate’s Anti–Vaccine Mandate Vote
It’s called the Congressional Review Act, and it helps the party that has no legislative agenda and just wants to undo stuff. It has to go.
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