Senate Republicans Defeated in Filibuster Deal

July 17, 2013 9:33 AM

On Tuesday, July 16th democrats avoided crisis when a deal was struck to confirm President Obama’s executive branch nominees in exchange for leaving the existing filibuster rules in place. By doing this, democrats prevented bringing the NLRB to a standstill. Read more about this victory here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-poised-to-take-up-key-rule-changes/2013/07/16/167045da-ee1d-11e2-9008-61e94a7ea20d_story.html