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William Roberts

Filibuster, cloture: US Senate rules featured in abortion debate

Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is using the Senate filibuster to block a raft of bills backed by Democrats [Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/AP Photo]

Democrats in the United States Senate are poised to put forward a bill this week to codify the right to an abortion in federal law – a move that will almost certainly fail because of rules in the legislature.

President Joe Biden’s Democratic Party holds a majority in the US Congress, so why have many of the president’s legislative proposals – ranging from police reform to voting rights – failed to win passage?

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