Facing Democratic opposition, the GOP has discarded a series of precedents and weakened minority power in order to vote ...

The Senate nears another "nuclear" showdown as Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., channels the tactics of leadership past in a long-running procedural arms race.

Late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) detonated the first Senate "nuclear option" in 2013, curbing the filibuster to confirm executive branch nominees - except for the Supreme Court. Former ...

The People Power Party decided on the 23rd to respond with an "infinite filibuster (legitimate obstruction of proceedings through unlimited debate)" to all bills scheduled for the National Assembly ...

In May and July of 2017, early in his first term, President Donald Trump unleashed flocks of shrieking tweets imploring the Senate to change its filibuster rule for legislative measures. He advocated ...

Opposition to ending the U.S. Senate’s filibuster rule has softened, now that Republicans hold the majority in the upper chamber of Congress. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online ...

With the House oversight hearing on Washington, D.C. crime in the rearview and several bills impacting city safety still ahead of lawmakers on Capitol Hill, some leaders representing the District ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- In a last-stand move to halt the Texas redistricting bill from being passed, Democrat Senator Carol Alvarado is planning to filibuster the impending legislation on Friday ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune will use parliamentary tactics to establish a new precedent for confirming batches of lower ...

A political scientist explains why doing nothing right now is probably the best strategy for congressional Democrats.

One week after Secretary of State John Kerry went on all five Sunday shows, it's now White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough's turn to do the same thing. The goal is still to convince people that ...

It was a full-on nuclear explosion. Just like the Pacific Testing Grounds near the Marshall Islands and French Polynesia. But this political blast tore through the Senate chamber. In November 2013, ...