Trump wants the Senate to abolish the filibuster blocking legislation such as ending the shutdown. Here's why even his ...

As debate over the Senate filibuster intensifies during a historic government shutdown, both parties weigh its controversial ...

To nuke the filibuster or not to nuke the filibuster? That’s the big question as we head into the sixth week of a record ...

The filibuster slowly evolved, starting in 1805 or so, but its major debut was in 1837. That was when a bunch of Whig ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is now calling for Senate Republicans to do away with the filibuster, a congressional ...

To nuke the filibuster or not to nuke the filibuster? That’s the big question as we head into the sixth week of a record federal government shutdown. We keep hearing that the filibuster is a ...

It follows a Congress that has already seen Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) break the Senate floor speech record, the longest House floor vote in modern history, the most votes taken in a “vote-a-rama,” and ...

The peculiar US political phenomenon known as the filibuster is once again in focus. The filibuster is the prerogative ...

Democrats continue to insist on greater health care spending as a condition to reopen the government. But Republicans disagree.

Donald Trump, in a long Truth Social post, said the GOP should end the shutdown by doing away with the filibuster to pass legislation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Led by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, Democrats seized the Senate floor on Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump’s presidency amid the government shutdown and push for Republicans ...

In corner-bar language, the filibuster is basically a Senate-made house rule that allows a single member to prolong a debate or prevent a full vote on a bill by talking about it forever unless 60 ...