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

The House plans to vote on Thursday on the “clean” interim spending bill, which would fund government spending through ...

Lawmakers are set to consider changes to Missouri's congressional districts and the state's initiative petition process in a ...

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 ...

For years, progressives have been the most ardent voices calling to eliminate the filibuster. Senate Republicans will aim to chip away at that rule this week.

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

AUSTIN, Texas — It’s going to be a long night in the Texas Senate. That’s according to Sen. Carol Alvarado of Houston, who posted to social media that she plans to filibuster the redrawn congressional ...