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UPDATED 4D AGO

Daines and Merkley Propose Changes to Senate Rules

Jeff Merkley and Steve Daines proposed bipartisan Senate-rule changes intended to speed consideration of legislation. Center coverage details the proposal’s mechanics and prospects; right-leaning outlets include an endorsement of its cross-party reform approach.

Lead article · Roll Call · CENTER‘Save the Senate’? Duo floats big changes to chamber rules
Image · Roll Call
OUTLETS
87 RATED
ARTICLES
81 COPY
SPAN
14HOURS
AVG CRED
73HIGH
The sides

How each side told it

OUTLETS BY LEAN7 RATED · 1 UNRATED
WHO’S NAMED
People · 2 MEMBERS

Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them

Daines and Merkley were named together by 8 of 8 outlets. Counted by outlet.

FAVORABLEMIXEDNEUTRALCRITICAL
R · MT · SENATOR

Proposed bipartisan changes to Senate rules intended to speed consideration of legislation.

NAMED BY 8 OF 8
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL3 OF 5 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly neutral, 3 of 5 outlets.
RIGHT
▲1 ●12 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: 2 outlets, 1 favorable · 1 neutral.
D · OR · BUDGET RANKING MEMBER

Proposed bipartisan changes to Senate rules intended to speed consideration of legislation.

NAMED BY 8 OF 8
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL3 OF 5 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly neutral, 3 of 5 outlets.
RIGHT
▲1 ●12 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: 2 outlets, 1 favorable · 1 neutral.
Timeline · 14 HOURS

When each side picked it up

ARTICLES PER 6 HOURS
LEFTCENTERRIGHTLEFT: NO COVERAGE YET

When each side picked it up. center: 5 articles, first thu 4:57 am. right-leaning: 2 articles, first thu 11:25 am. unrated: 1 article, first thu 4:03 pm.

In their own words · 1

What the members said themselves

Press releases from members’ offices. Kept apart from news and not counted as coverage.

Releases collected by Congress Press ↗ (Derek Willis, MIT License)

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