{"id":105492,"date":"2021-01-26T09:20:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T09:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=105492"},"modified":"2021-01-26T09:20:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T09:20:59","slug":"mcconnell-agrees-to-power-sharing-pact-backs-off-on-filibuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/mcconnell-agrees-to-power-sharing-pact-backs-off-on-filibuster\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell Agrees to Power Sharing Pact, Backs Off on Filibuster"},"content":{"rendered":"
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has backed off from a key demand that had held up a power-sharing agreement after two Democratic senators agreed not to vote to do away with the rule he wanted to preserve — the filibuster.<\/p>\n
McConnell had refused to agree to any deal with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to share power in the 50-50 Senate without a pledge that Democrats wouldn\u2019t jettison the filibuster, which allows the minority to block legislation by requiring 60 votes to advance most legislation.<\/p>\n
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