Carl Hulse

Washington, D.C.

Chief Washington Correspondent at The New York Times

Chief Washington Correspondent of The New York Times; On Washington column regularly in the NYT. Drummer. Occasional Coloradan. Author of "Confirmation Bias."

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Articles

The Future of the Filibuster

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Carl Hulse

The filibuster is on life support. Both parties have vowed to protect it, but both have chipped away at it. The latest blow came last week, when the parliamentarian, Senate's independent rules referee, said a measure to strike down a California air pollution law was not exempt from the filibuster's 60-vote threshold - and Republicans found a way to maneuver around her, pushing the bill through with a simple majority.
The Filibuster, a Staple of the Modern Senate, Is on the Ropes

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Carl Hulse

The Senate skirting the filibuster to strike down California's plan to phase out gas-powered vehicles was the latest wound to a tactic in decline. A largely indecipherable procedural fight in the Senate last week made one thing perfectly clear: The famed filibuster is on life support, even though it might linger a bit longer.
Now That House Republicans Took the Plunge, It's the Senate's Turn

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Carl Hulse

Senate Republicans say changes are coming for the sprawling domestic policy bill carrying President Trump's agenda. Their colleagues who took political risks to push it through the House might not like them. It took everything House Republicans could muster to just barely nudge their major domestic policy bill over the finish line by the sparest of margins at daybreak on Thursday.
Senate fight over gas-powered vehicles is also a filibuster showdown

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Carl Hulse

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans plan to move to overturn California’s landmark vehicle emissions law, using a little-known federal statute that allows Congress to strike down regulations and that Democrats claim would erode the filibuster. The fight has serious implications for both environmental policy and the institution of the Senate.
Senate Fight Over Gas-Powered Vehicles Is Also a Filibuster Showdown

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Carl Hulse

Republicans have readied a plan to overturn California's law phasing out gas-powered vehicles, using a statute aimed at striking down federal regulations. Democrats say it's an end run around Senate rules. Senate Republicans plan to move on Wednesday to overturn California's landmark vehicle emissions law, using a little-known federal statute that allows Congress to strike down regulations and that Democrats claim would erode the filibuster.
Republican revolt reflects a core party divide over spending and debt

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Carl Hulse

WASHINGTON — To a small but crucial group of hard-right House Republicans, the tax and spending cut package produced by their colleagues to deliver what President Donald Trump calls the “big, beautiful bill” was nothing more than a homely cop-out. The handful of lawmakers who blocked their own party’s sprawling domestic policy measure from advancing out of a key committee Friday acted out of a fundamentally different view of federal spending and debt than the rest of the GOP.
Republican Revolt Reflects a Core Party Divide Over Spending and Debt

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Carl Hulse

Whether the ultraconservatives dig in and force big changes to the megabill carrying President Trump's agenda or capitulate, as they have in the past, will determine the fate of their party's signature legislation. To a small but crucial group of hard-right House Republicans, the tax and spending cut package produced by their colleagues to deliver what President Trump calls the "big, beautiful bill" was nothing more than a homely cop-out.
Republican Revolt Reflects a Core Party Divide Over Spending and Debt

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Carl Hulse

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Lawmakers in Both Parties Resist Trump's Attempt to Seize Control of Their Library

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Maya Miller |Carl Hulse

The surprise firing of the head of the Library of Congress and efforts to install Trump loyalists at the iconic institution have stirred bipartisan pushback on Capitol Hill. In a Congress controlled entirely by Republicans, there has been little pushback to President Trump's brute-force efforts to unilaterally upend entire federal agencies and bend them to his will.
Schumer to Slow Trump Justice Dept. Nominees Over Qatari Jet

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Carl Hulse

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic minority leader, intends on Tuesday to put a hold on all Justice Department political appointees awaiting Senate confirmation until he gets more information on plans by President Trump to accept a luxury airliner from Qatar.