Sometimes, politics is the art of the impossible. Every time the Senate has changed hands in recent history, nine times ...

On their wish list, between the abolition of the electoral college, DC statehood and court-packing, is an end to the filibuster once and for all. By ending the filibuster, Democrats may be able to ...

Democrats have fallen back in love with the filibuster. Mere weeks into President Trump’s second term, Senate Democrats are already making liberal use of the obstructive maneuver, flying in the ...

This would be an inflection point in American government. There’s no nuking the legislative filibuster a little bit. The end ...

MERKLEY: The filibuster in its current form is simply a vote that’s taken and if 41 senators vote not to end debate, you have ...

Our Senators need to deliver the Freedom to Vote Act to the American people, and to do that, they need to fix the Jim Crow filibuster which is blocking progress of this overwhelmingly popular and ...

It’s the filibuster OR codified abortion access ... Well, they’re both gone,” referring to their departure from the Senate at the end of this Congress. Last week, a chastened Schumer ...

To end this additional debate, otherwise known as the filibuster, the Senate must have 60 votes instead of 51 votes. You can see how this tool would be helpful to the GOP minority right now.

On Tuesday, the Texas state Senate was scheduled to pass major bills on funding transportation, permitting the death penalty for 17-year-olds, and putting sweeping restrictions on abortion in the ...

Now, there is pressure for Senate Republicans to end the filibuster to pass more of their favored legislation over Democratic procedural objections since they have a solid majority of 53-47.

MERKLEY: The filibuster in its current form is simply a vote that’s taken and if 41 senators vote not to end debate, you have no way to vote on a bill, and if it’s done earlier in the process ...