On Feb. 18, 1979, snow fell in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the first known time. It fell a second time in 2016 ...

That rule, voted in only by House Democrats, amended the votes required to end a filibuster on the floor from a two-thirds majority to a simple majority, which Democrats now have in the chamber.

And the Senate filibuster rule? Barely three months ago, before Republicans won the Senate, filibuster reform was crucial to pass legislation vital to the nation. Reforming the filibuster rule ...

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

Republicans are claiming that the bill should be seen as a narrow fiscal matter, meaning that it could bypass the Senate filibuster and become law more easily. “Using Medicaid funds for unproven ...