The filibuster empowers the minority and frustrates the majority. Extended debate has always been a part of the way the Senate does its legislative business. Copied This week on the “Heritage ...

The Problem with Executing Spies Elon Musk Is an Essential Trump Employee Vice President Kamala Harris told Wisconsin Public Radio: “I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe.” ...

Incoming Senate GOP Leader John Thune (R-SD) vowed that the filibuster will be "safe under Republican control," even if it may stand in Trump's way. “I find it ironic that a party that has spent ...

When Trump first took office, Cruz pushed to overhaul the filibuster because he thought Democrats would eventually do the same. He now admits he was wrong. The Arizona senator clashed with fellow ...

The leading Democrats in the House are ramping up the pressure on Senate Democrats to oppose the GOP’s spending bill, warning that the proposal would slash crucial public services to vulnerable ...

WASHINGTON — The new Senate Republican majority is promising to leave the filibuster in place, retaining the 60-vote ...

Then, at 11:18 a.m., Sen. Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat, took to the Senate floor and started what she hoped would be a 13-hour filibuster of the abortion bill. If Davis managed to keep the ...

Harry Reid is a former Senate majority leader from Nevada. A real fix for this country would be the abolition of the Senate filibuster in all its forms, allowing for a simple majority vote ...

Back in the minority and seeking to stonewall President Donald Trump, Senate Democrats have transitioned into the latest phase of their love-hate relationship with the filibuster. Democrats launched t ...

Senate Democrats faced backlash on Monday after the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act failed to garner the votes it needed to break the filibuster. Republicans needed 60 votes but only ...

Republican lawmakers failed to get the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster. Not a single Senate Democrat voted in favor of the bill. Two Republicans and two Democrats were absent from the vote.

Back in the minority and seeking to stonewall President Donald Trump, Senate Democrats have transitioned into the latest phase of their love-hate relationship with the filibuster. Democrats ...