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

The Freedom to Vote Act sets national standards ... are stalled for partisan politics. The filibuster is a loophole, historically used to block civil rights legislation. The original Senate ...

A bipartisan bill to crack down on illegal immigration narrowly overcame its second and final 60-vote filibuster in the ... The Laken Riley Act would require federal authorities to detain illegal ...

The Laken Riley Act defeated the legislative filibuster again during a second procedural vote on Friday, amassing more than 60 votes to advance it to a final vote. By a margin of 61-35, the bill ...

Strom Thurmond’s 1957 filibuster in opposition to landmark civil rights legislation remains the ... “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act,” a bill introduced by Oklahoma Republican ...