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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 ...

(Bloomberg) -- 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 ...

Every time the Senate has changed hands in recent history, nine times starting with the 1980 elections, the party in power has threatened to scrap or at least limit the filibuster. This procedural ...

The Senate voted 61-35 to advance the bill, clearing the 60-vote threshold necessary to overcome the filibuster. The chamber plans to pass the bill on Monday, and will only need a majority vote at ...

But we should take a moment to mourn the filibuster nonetheless ... direct election of its members had an even less democratic character than it does today. (The 17th Amendment is a scar on ...

Joe Manchin (I-WV), who opposed nixing the filibuster during President Joe ... face of a grave threat to this institution's defining character, and she said no," McConnell said on the Senate ...