Last month, Senate Democrats used the filibuster to block sanctions on the International Criminal Court, in response to the ...

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 ...

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom whereby a supermajority of 60 votes is required to pass legislation.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The Senate filibuster rule, which requires a 60-vote threshold to end debate and pass most types of legislation in the upper chamber, is seen as the best chance Democrats have at blocking the ...

While a long-term solution has yet to be negotiated, McConnell has made it clear that he plans to filibuster all additional attempts to raise the debt ceiling moving forward. By requiring 60 votes to ...

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 ...