NEW YORK—Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday said she supported ending the filibuster in the U.S. Senate should Democrats win back the White House, arguing that Republicans have reaped the most benefit from both parties’ efforts in recent years to change the chamber’s procedural rules. The filibuster is the primary instrument by which the minority party in the Senate wields power. Most bills need 60 votes to clear procedural hurdles in the Senate, where Republicans currently hold 53 of the chamber’s 100 seats. Unlike the House,...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 05, 2019 15:56 UTC