Increasingly frustrated and alarmed by stalled voting rights legislation, senior Democrats are calling to amend or eliminate the filibuster rule.
Author: Matthew Brown, USA TODAY
Colin Powell, first Black secretary of state, dies from COVID-19 complications
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Susan Collins says Trump shouldn’t testify to Jan. 6 panel, criticizes it as ‘partisan’
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