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

The filibuster is in place for a good reason, and the Senate GOP and activists on the right must remember that sooner or later, that shoe will be back on that same foot, the Republicans will be in ...

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom whereby a supermajority of 60 votes is required to pass legislation.

Senate Democrats are set to rekindle their love for the very procedural tool they spent years trying to weaken: the ...

With President-elect Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans winning control of the White House plus both chambers of Congress in the Nov. 5 election, the Democrats will have one important tool ...

The idea for the People's Filibuster came from the recent 25-hour filibuster of U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, in protest of Trump's administration, Hortert said.

Modifying the filibuster takes only a simple majority, making it an easy target in the past for senators to erode its power. Debate could be cut off under original Senate rules with a simple ...

It’s worth emphasizing that Donald Trump might have a very different opinion on the matter. During his first term, he repeatedly called for the filibuster to be eliminated, and it’s easy to ...

So, I imagine that Democrats’ thank-you notes are in the mail to outgoing U.S. Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., for their refusal to end the filibuster. “My position is ...

The idea for the People's Filibuster came from the recent 25-hour filibuster of U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, in protest of Trump's administration, Hortert said.

The idea for the People's Filibuster came from the recent 25-hour filibuster of U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, in protest of Trump's administration, Hortert said.