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The McLinn family of Indianapolis is still fighting for their seven-year-old son, Jordan, who was diagnosed at the age of 3 with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This is an aggressive disease that results in muscle weakness and loss first attacking the extremities, eventually moving to the heart and other internal organs. There is no known cure, yet, but there are treatments that can help manage symptoms and slow progression of the disease.

PHOENIX — An Arizona congressman wrote that the Senate needs to remove a 60-vote requirement to pass legislation in order to advance President Donald Trump's agenda.

In an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal published Sunday, U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) wrote the filibuster gives the other side of the aisle too much say in blocking bills from moving through the legislative body.

An Arizona congressman is working to remove energy subsidies that are part of the 2014 farm bill.

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., recently released legislation that he says could save the American taxpayer more than a billion dollars over five years.

Biggs told The Daily Signal in an interview that he wants his bill "to actually roll back and repeal these subsidies set in place."

The subsidies "cost taxpayers, in direct costs, probably about $1.3 to $1.4 billion over the next five years," Biggs said.

The greatest obstacle blocking Republicans from fulfilling our agenda is not manufactured outrage about Russians. It's the Senate filibuster, the 60-vote threshold to suspend debate that prevents most bills from making it to the floor.