KYRSTEN SINEMA

A recent episode of the popular progressive Pod Save America podcast included a profane rant against Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema.

Senate Democrats have played defense for the last three Supreme Court vacancies.

Word of Justice Stephen Breyer's pending retirement may be lifting Democratic hopes ahead of midterm elections.

Manchin, Sinema betrayed president

Sen. Sinema's office has defended her record, saying she is still an independent voice for the state.

Wealthy Democratic donors are planning to finance a primary effort against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema as she votes against key pieces of their party's agenda.

After the failure of Democratic legislation, a voting-rights expert talks about options for safeguarding elections.

Schumer 'f--ked it up' on Build Back Better negotiations, senior Dem aide says

"They have not had to cast one bloody vote — which shows us where they're at," Sanders said of the legislative inaction. "We have got to change that."

President Joe Biden often cites the critical role that South Carolina played when he won the Democratic nomination in 2020.

The symbolic action comes as Sinema has come under criticism from progressive groups in Arizona after she voted to uphold the filibuster in the Senate.

Sinema invoked the wrath of national and home state Democrats when she voted to keep the Senate filibuster on Wednesday.

The question is who will benefit most when it finally falls.

Leaders of the Arizona Democratic Party have voted to censure Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.

"People need to know she sucks," a former staffer said of the Arizona senator. Others told Vice they feel "betrayed," "livid" and "crushed."

Many Arizona Democrats were already talking about primary challenges to Kyrsten Sinema, even before she reiterated her opposition to changing Senate rules, helping to doom voting rights legislation.

Democrats are picking up the pieces after the collapse of their sweeping voting rights legislation.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats "made progress” toward changing the Senate’s filibuster rules to advance voting legislation, despite the dramatic collapse of the package that his party says is central to protecting democracy.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is drawing criticism for comments he made shortly before the GOP blocked a federal elections bill, when he said that “African American” voters cast ballots at similar rates to “Americans.”.

Despite last night’s defeat, the filibuster conversation has changed for good.

Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights groups argue is vital for protecting democracy has collapsed.

President Joe Biden acknowledges that the pandemic has exhausted and demoralized many Americans in his first year in office.

President Joe Biden ends his first year in the White House with a clear majority of Americans for the first time disapproving of his handling of the presidency in the face of an unrelenting pandemic and roaring inflation.

The Democratic leader, who'd used the Senate's 60-vote margin to his advantage in the past, took his time — and peeled off dozens of skeptics.

Advocates are warning that Republican-led states nationwide are passing laws making it more difficult for Black Americans and others to vote.

Eroding it is quickly becoming synonymous with support for Democratic priorities

Both voting rights legislation and a change to filibuster rules are expected to fail in Senate votes.

Democrats in the Senate will proceed to a vote on two voting rights bills Wednesday, despite lacking the votes needed to pass either measure.

Senate Democrats are vigorously pushing voting rights legislation although it seems headed for defeat as the Senate began debate Tuesday. (Jan. 18)

Sen. Bernie Sanders is suggesting he’d support primary challengers against Democratic colleagues Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.

The statement comes after Sinema doubled down on her opposition to overhauling the filibuster, effectively killing Biden's push for voting rights legislation.

For the fifth time in recent months, Senate Republicans this week are expected to block Democrats’ sweeping voting legislation by using a longstanding parliamentary tactic known as the filibuster.

When asked whether Sinema and Manchin should be primaried in 2024, Warren said: "We'll address that when we get past this week."

When asked whether Sinema and Manchin should be primaried in 2024, Warren said: "We'll address that when we get past this week."

The Senate is expected to begin formal debate on voting rights bills after Democrats made a final push for reform on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This comes as a CBS News poll found 4 in 10 Americans feel the president isn't focused on voting rights access enough. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports.

Voting legislation that is a cornerstone of the Democratic agenda and a top priority for civil rights leaders is on track for defeat.

Vice President Harris said Monday that she is "not going to absolve" any member of the Senate who will not take action to pass voting rights legislation when she was asked specifically about Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.).Why it matters: The Senate this week will take up voting legislation that's already passed in the House. The bill is certainly doomed, due to a lack of Republican support and a refusal from Manchin and Sinema to change the filibuster rule.Get market ne

In an interview with CBS News, the son of the slain civil rights leader says his father would be 'disappointed' in voting rights rollback

A nationwide standard of voting rights now seems like a pipe dream.

A nationwide standard of voting rights now seems like a pipe dream.

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s eldest son has condemned the inaction of federal lawmakers on voting rights.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden packed carrots and apples into food boxes for the hungry and chatted with volunteers Sunday at a food bank as part of a day of service for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Martin Luther King III came to Arizona with harsh words for Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, whose refusal to change filibuster rules makes voting rights legislation unlikely to pass in the Senate.

Just over a year ago, millions of energized young people, women, voters of color and independents joined forces to send Joe Biden to the White House.

American families who depended on the enhanced child tax credit for extra income will not receive payments in January. Stormy Johnson, a mother and student support specialist in West Virginia, joined CBSN to discuss how the lapse is affecting her community and her message to West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, who opposes the enhanced credit's extension.

Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin are not backing down on the filibuster, likely crushing President Biden's hopes of passing voting rights bill.

Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin are not backing down on the filibuster, likely crushing President Biden's hopes of passing voting rights bill.

Senate Republicans are set to block two voting rights bills, leading Democrats to consider filibuster changes to pass them.

President Joe Biden is all but conceding defeat for this year on the Democrats' big elections and voting rights legislation.

Thursday saw a closed-door huddle by an embattled President Joe Biden with his own party’s senators, apparently for naught.

A senior strategist at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday responded to a floor speech by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., encouraging Democrats to keep attacking her

President Joe Biden barely had time to shake off Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's body slam Thursday when the U.S. Supreme Court knocked him down again.

Ahead of a meeting with President Biden, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema dashed any hope of changing the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation.

Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema declared Thursday that she will not vote to suspend the filibuster in order to enact two voting bills, all but guaranteeing that President Biden's top legislative priority will fail.

Senate Democrats are trying to force a public showdown over their sweeping elections legislation.

Two of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's former aides have become key aides for corporate giants looking to impact President Joe Biden's agenda.

There was a prominent Atlanta resident missing Tuesday when President Joe Biden swung through the city to press for voting rights protections: Stacey Abrams.

Democrats are mounting an impassioned bid to overhaul Senate rules that stand in the way of their sweeping voting legislation.

The White House says President Joe Biden will renew his push for federal voting rights legislation in a speech next week in Georgia.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the Senate will vote soon on easing filibuster rules in an effort to advance stalled voting rights legislation.

Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia is sounding a skeptical note about the prospects of easing the Senate’s filibuster rules to advance stalled voting legislation.

President Joe Biden only rarely talks about last January's violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the conspiratorial lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

Democrats are trying to pick up the pieces after West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin effectively crushed President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill.

Despite months of being courted and cajoled, Sen. Joe Manchin is still not a yes on President Joe Biden's big $2 trillion domestic package.

Democrats are hoping that Congress is nearing the finish line in its seven-month trek on President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion social and environment package.

Democrats have finally driven President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion package of family services, health care and climate initiatives through the House.

It took half a year but Democrats have driven President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion package of social and climate initiatives through the House. It gets no easier in the Senate, where painful Republican amendments, restrictive rules and Joe Manchin lurk. Facing unbroken GOP opposition, Democrats finally reached agreement among themselves and eased the compromise through the House on Nov. 19.

Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, spoke with NPR about how Democrats plan to secure all 50 member votes needed to pass President Biden's $2.2 trillion social spending bill.

The Senate will try to pass the Build Back Better Act before Christmas, and it will likely make changes to the House bill.

President Joe Biden’s choice to become one of the top banking regulators endured a contentious nomination hearing Thursday, with Republican senators warning she would nationalize the U.S. banking system and Democrats saying she’s eminently qualified and would be tough overseer of Wall Street.

President Joe Biden nominated Saule Omarova to be the nation’s next comptroller of the currency in September.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) criticized Democratic leadership in a wide-ranging interview with Politico published Wednesday for making false promises by setting expectations for the social spending bill and other legislation far too high.Why it matters: Sinema said that the pledges amount to dishonesty with Americans because they are made with the presumption of agreement within the party, which she believes is an unrealistic and potentially hazardous expectation in a diverse democracy.Get mark

President Biden is set to sign the $1.25 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Monday.

President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser is expressing confidence the White House’s $1.85 trillion domestic policy package will quickly pass the House this week.

Twenty years ago, when Kyrsten Sinema was a Green Party activist running for the Phoenix City Council, she likened the practice of raising campaign cash to “bribery.”.

Twenty years ago, a Green Party activist running for the Phoenix City Council named Kyrsten Sinema likened raising campaign cash to “bribery.” Now a first-term senator from Arizona, she no longer has such qualms. Once a self-styled “Prada socialist" labeled as “too extreme” by Arizona's Democratic Party, Sinema has found new power as a centrist in a 50-50 Senate where there are no votes to spare, forcing President Joe Biden to downsize his agenda and other Democratic ambitions.

McConnell made the remarks on an podcast appearance on Friday, where he also gave Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin "credit" for "talking about inflation."

Rarely have the leaders of Congress been asked to do so much with so little in trying to navigate President Joe Biden’s big domestic vision into law.

President Joe Biden is facing a familiar challenge as he promotes his new $1 trillion infrastructure deal to the American people and tries to get the money out the door quickly for maximum impact.

President Joe Biden is hailing Congress’ passage of his $1 trillion infrastructure package as a “monumental step forward for the nation."

Top Democrats have abruptly postponed an expected House vote on their 10-year, $1.85 trillion social and environment measure.

Republican Glenn Youngkin spent months talking to voters about his plans to roll back Democrats’ “left, liberal, progressive agenda.”.

Democrats in the House appear on the verge of advancing President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion-and-growing domestic policy package.

The pharmaceutical industry has employed three lobbyists for every member of Congress this year.

Since Biden proposed his three-part Build Back Better plan, valued at $7 trillion, support for Republican control of Congress has risen steadily. Moreover, President Biden’s popularity has dropped 10 points to its lowest level since taking office. Generally, a newly inaugurated president enjoys a strong honeymoon period in the polls, but invariably it declines as...

Democrats say they have sealed a deal to lower pharmaceutical drug costs for most older Americans as part of President Joe Biden’s sweeping $1.75 trillion domestic proposal.

House Democrats have added paid family and medical leave, immigration law changes and a state-and-local tax break to their $1.75 trillion social services and environmental bill.

Democrats agreed to a significant — but slimmed down — proposal to help lower prescription drug prices, bringing aboard notable holdouts on the measure, including Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.

The agreement overcomes a key sticking point in ongoing negotiations over the president's domestic policy agenda.

Sen. Joe Manchin is wavering over supporting President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion policy package.

In a single week, fractious congressional Democrats have coalesced significantly around President Joe Biden’s domestic ambitions.

Two congressional aides say Democrats have made significant progress on adding compromise provisions curbing prescription drug prices to their massive social and environment package.

It’s good Democrats have so many ideas: With any single senator able to block a proposal, they've needed plenty of backup plans for Biden's agenda.

Two Democrats say party leaders are hoping for House votes as soon as Tuesday on the two pillars of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda.

Democrats’ decision to drop a proposal for paid family leave from their massive social safety net and climate change package was met with disappointment and irritation by female voters in Virginia.

It’s big, messy and complicated as the Democratic leaders in Congress try to muscle President Joe Biden’s sweeping domestic policy package into law.

Or it would be—if it passes.

Joe Biden set out to be a president who under-promised and over-delivered.

Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, who was elected in 1992 as a self described “mom in tennis shoes,” has been fighting for paid family and medical leave for decades.

President Joe Biden heads to Capitol Hill early Thursday to push his revised domestic policy bill.