Last month, Senate Democrats used the filibuster to block sanctions on the International Criminal Court, in response to the ...

The filibuster is a procedural, not constitutional, requirement and can be changed. It’s been on the Senate books since 1917, ...

But Democrats should not abolish the filibuster. It would harm their own political and policy interests. In the last 100 ...

That played a part, but the Senate serves a more important function. RELATED: Abolish the Filibuster The story goes that when Thomas Jefferson, who had been in France during the Constitutional ...

Republican lawmakers took a key step last week to officially abolish the U.S. Department of Education. Here's what student ...

After their election loss, notice how quickly Democrats have flip-flopped with respect to their push to abolish the legislative filibuster. Back in 2021, Representative Pramila Jayapal ...

You see, dismantling a cabinet agency requires legislation. Because Senate Republicans aren’t planning to abolish the filibuster, that would require 60 votes. There are only 53 Republicans 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.

On Tuesday, the Texas state Senate was scheduled to pass major bills on funding transportation, permitting the death penalty for 17-year-olds, and putting sweeping restrictions on abortion in the ...