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

The bill named for civil rights activist and former Democratic Congress member John Lewis would bring back major pieces of ...

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom ...

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 ...

Media coverage of the ongoing St. Augustine protests and the violent resistance to them by segregationists had put pressure on Congress when the Civil Rights Act was facing a filibuster.

such as the New Deal and the Civil Rights Acts, have always come through legislation. Thanks to the filibuster, Republicans ...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a cornerstone of U.S. civil rights law, prohibiting discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and sex. This landmark legislation outlawed segregation ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act as Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders look on; President's Room, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC. LBJ Library, photo by ...

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 ...