Some are asking if President Donald Trump, who has criticized the filibuster, might call for the “nuclear option" to remove ...

Republicans can kill the filibuster and end the government shutdown without any Democrats. But will they do it?

Frustration is growing inside the GOP as the government shutdown drags on with no end in sight and as military members are ...

The No. 4 Democrat in the House is egging on Senate Republicans to nuke the filibuster as each side blames the other for the ...

The first-term senator pitched the notion during an appearance Wednesday night on Fox News, lamenting that the filibuster was ...

Democrats should use the shutdown to curb the Trump administration's worst authoritarian abuses, not to try to goad ...

With no end in sight to a federal government shutdown, U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno is suggesting Republicans might have to take a drastic step on Capitol Hill in order to pass a temporary measure to fund ...

Washington is watching closely a handful of Senate Democrats who could hold the keys to ending the first government shutdown ...

The Office of Management and Budget is continuing to work with agencies on who would be laid off as a result of the shutdown, ...

Over at Balkinization, David Super, a congressional process expert, has these comments about why preservation of the filibuster is, in his view, in the best interests of both parties. Thus, Super ...

La., slammed the expiring Obamacare subsidies at the center of the government funding standoff a “boondoggle” as the shutdown ...