By the early 20th century, the filibuster led President Woodrow Wilson to call the Senate “the only legislative body in the world which cannot act when its majority is ready for action.” ...

Merkley says that what he and others are proposing is "really a minor change." He is right. The history of the filibuster is, in many senses, one of minor changes.

The word "filibuster" is absent from the U.S. Constitution. You also won’t find the word in the Senate rules. However, Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution permits the House and Senate to ...

Former state Sen. Wendy Davis' 2013 filibuster of anti-abortion legislation was an unforgettable event for lawmakers and political observers on both sides of the aisle. Five years later, listen in ...

If the filibuster is abolished, any gains Democrats make from now to 2028 could be reversed as soon as the Republicans regain control. "You cannot create a weapon and then expect that it will ...

Some will call the former senator a hypocrite for voting for a filibuster carve-out in 2021 that allowed the U.S. government to raise the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion and avoid default.

“The same Dems who argue to keep the filibuster ‘for when we need it’ do not, in fact, use it when we need it,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) posted to X on Saturday.

With President-elect Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans winning control of the White House plus both chambers of Congress in the Nov. 5 election, the Democrats will have one important tool ...

The longest filibuster in the U.S. Senate’s history was a speech made by South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond, who held the Senate floor for 24 hours and 18 minutes in 1957 to delay voting on the ...