Last month, Senate Democrats used the filibuster to block sanctions on the International Criminal Court, in response to the ...
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.
The filibuster is a procedural, not constitutional, requirement and can be changed. It’s been on the Senate books since 1917, ...
The Senate fiscal 2025 budget resolution aims to boost border and military spending and expand domestic energy production.
Their efforts, likely doomed from the start due to GOP congressional control, come as voters demand more resistance.
Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted to filibuster a GOP-led bill to sanction International Criminal Court officials.
U.S. International Criminal Court from accountability.
House Republican leaders emerged from a meeting without an agreement on the budget reconciliation bill they’ve been talking about for weeks.
GOP senators will attend a private dinner at Mar-a-Lago on Friday night, the day after House Republicans had a marathon meeting in the White House to try to hash out a plan to get Trump's agenda ...
They’re going to cram these massive policy proposals into a “reconciliation” bill, which is exempt from the filibuster, but was never meant to be a vehicle for such massive policy change.
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 ...