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 ...

The resolution is the first step to passing two major bills through budget reconciliation, a legislative process that bypasses the filibuster so legislation only requires a simple majority vote in ...

Similar gender measure prompted protests, filibusters Kauth has introduced similar bills in the past. In 2023, the Legislature passed one of her bills, LB 574, which imposed restrictions on ...

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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 ...