Senate Republicans finally pushed through their blueprint for the first phase of President Donald Trump's legislative agenda ...

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.

The Senate, working into the morning hours Friday, passed the first of two budget bills, focusing on border security, ...

Erick Erickson has laid out some of the reasons why conservatives should seek to keep the filibuster for legislation, and in the Senate, Orrin Hatch and Lindsey Graham have expressed opposition to ...

Democrats have fallen back in love with the filibuster. Mere weeks into President Trump’s second term, Senate Democrats are already making liberal use of the obstructive maneuver, flying in the ...

There are other legislative exceptions the filibuster does not apply to, including reconciliation, trade agreements, and the closure of military bases. “Democrats continue to talk out of both ...

The filibuster empowers the minority and frustrates the majority. Extended debate has always been a part of the way the Senate does its legislative business. Copied This week on the “Heritage ...

The filibuster gets a bad rap ... read his colleagues the phone book in his stand against a military-spending bill, and Fighting Bob La Follette, a Wisconsin Republican who was not as fond ...