How outlets cover Steve Daines R · MT · SEN · Oct 8, 2026
Daines and Merkley Propose Senate Rules Changes
Daines and Merkley proposed bipartisan Senate rule changes intended to speed consideration of legislation. Coverage centers on speeding bipartisan bills, with right-leaning coverage adding an explicit endorsement of cross-party bargaining.
Lead article · Roll Call · CENTER‘Save the Senate’? Duo floats big changes to chamber rulesCommunity verdict
11 VOTESSteve Daines and Jeff Merkley proposed bipartisan changes to Senate rules intended to speed consideration of legislation.
Center outlets describe the proposal as a bipartisan effort to speed Senate business, detailing its procedures and prospects for adoption. Right-leaning outlets also emphasize faster movement of bipartisan bills, while National Review explicitly endorses the package’s cross-party bargaining rationale.
Outlets by lean
7 RATED · 1 UNRATEDCompare by side
Center outlets describe a bipartisan plan to speed legislation and detail its procedures; some note that its prospects for adoption are uncertain.
How outlets portrayed Daines, by side
7 ARTICLESEach article counts once, however many sites carried it. Sides are each outlet’s published lean. How portrayal is read
Left: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral. Center: 1 favorable, 0 critical, 1 mixed, 3 neutral. Right: 1 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 1 neutral.
1 UNRATED ARTICLE NOT SHOWN
When each side covered it
OCT 8Articles per day by side. OCT 8: Left 0, Center 5, Right 2.
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