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

senator Wendy Davis intended to filibuster the bill. Also known as the Senate Bill 5, if passed it would mean the closure of almost every abortion clinic in Texas, a state 773 miles wide and 790 ...

Texas Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis may have blocked restrictive new abortion regulations with her epic, 11-hour filibuster, but her victory could be short lived. Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday ...

An American trader and filibuster, Philip Nolan, enters northeast Texas to hunt for wild horses. Spanish troops from Nacogdoches capture Nolan and his party. To ward off other encroachments ...

“I think there’s unanimity that the filibuster is important. So I don’t think that’s controversial,” Sen. John Cornyn, ...

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 ...

Economics Did Vice President Kamala Harris told Wisconsin Public Radio: “I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe.” By doing so, Harris has made clear that the only way to preserve ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators ...

After their election loss, notice how quickly Democrats have flip-flopped with respect to their push to abolish the legislative filibuster. Back in 2021, Representative Pramila Jayapal ...

For Republicans, who for years have celebrated the Electoral College for presidential elections and the U.S. Senate filibuster to protect the minority’s voice, it appears this Texas Legislature ...

In 2013 Texas Sen. Ted Cruz spoke for 21 hours straight ... Strom Thurmond’s 1957 filibuster in opposition to landmark civil rights legislation remains the longest in history at just over ...