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Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck Schumer Democrats make final plea for voting rights ahead of filibuster showdown DACA highlights pitfalls of legalization schemes The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Facebook - Schumer tees up doomed election reform vote MORE (D-N.Y.) decided to push a narrow change to the Senate’s filibuster rule after moderate Democratic colleagues pushed back on a broader rules change that would have fundamentally weakened the power of the Republican minority. Most of the public attention has focused on Sens. Joe Manchin Joe Manchin Democrats make final plea for voting rights ahead of filibuster showdown The dangerous erosion of Democratic Party foundations Mark Kelly says he'll back changing filibuster rule for voting rights MORE (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema Kyrsten Sinema The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Connected Commerce Council - Biden faces reporters as his agenda teeters … [Read more...] about Schumer opted for modest rules reform after pushback from moderates

Sen. Joe Manchin Joe Manchin Democrats make final plea for voting rights ahead of filibuster showdown The dangerous erosion of Democratic Party foundations Mark Kelly says he'll back changing filibuster rule for voting rights MORE (D-W.Va.) warned Democrats against trying to change the legislative filibuster and lamented the state of the Senate, hours before a months-long fight over Senate rules will come to a head. Manchin went through a laundry list of reasons explaining why he supports the 60-vote threshold for most major legislation and argued that the pitch from his Democratic colleagues about wanting to restore the Senate is “simply not true.” “For the last year, my Democratic colleagues have taken to the Senate floor, cable news airwaves, pages of newspapers across the country, and to argue that repealing the filibuster is restoring the vision the founding fathers intended for this deliberate body. My friends, that is simply not true. It’s not true,” … [Read more...] about Manchin chides Democrats over filibuster, saying he can’t support ‘such a perilous course’

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The White House will endorse allowing as many as 1.8 million young immigrants to seek U.S. citizenship in an immigration plan that will be released next week, senior administration officials said Thursday . In exchange for the "Dreamer" protections, President Trump Donald Trump Kinzinger welcomes baby boy Tennessee lawmaker presents self-defense bill in 'honor' of Kyle Rittenhouse Five things to know about the New York AG's pursuit of Trump MORE will seek billions of dollars for a border wall and sweeping changes to the immigration system. Officials who described the plan to reporters framed it as Congress’s best chance to pass a fix for immigrants who benefit from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which Trump terminated last year. ADVERTISEMENT The White House is urging the Senate to draw up legislation based on the plan and introduce it the week of Feb. 5 , days before government funding is set to expire, though … [Read more...] about Trump to support path to citizenship for 1.8 million Dreamers