Sen. Tom Cotton is hoping after elections this week that Senate Democrats will "come to their senses" and vote to end the ...

La., said there’s been some rumblings in the Senate on a possible agreement to end the shutdown -- that Democrats would open ...

With the country nearing the record for the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, the stalemate over federal funding ...

President Trump on Thursday called on Senate Republicans to initiate the “nuclear option” and get rid of the filibuster, allowing them to end the government shutdown and pass legislation with a simple ...

Trump wants the Senate to terminate its filibuster procedure to speed passage of Republican bills. Here's why it probably ...

After meeting with Trump, some Republican senators appear more open to nuking the 60-vote filibuster rule. But GOP Leader ...

Returning from the White House Wednesday after President Donald Trump made yet another call for Senate Republicans to overturn the filibuster, Majority Leader John Thune reiterated his view that there ...

Senate Republican support for eliminating the filibuster is picking up momentum after President Trump invited members of the ...

President Trump has called for the end of the filibuster in the Senate, which would allow Republican policies to be passed ...

President Donald Trump knows he’s losing the politics of the government shutdown so far. But that’s not making him any more inclined to give ground on the Democratic demands that could bring the ...

Bob Capano makes an earnest and considerate point in his recent essay, “Trump’s Right: Nuke the Filibuster,” that the Senate filibuster is paralyzing the government and “empowers the minority party to ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is using a lengthy filibuster speech to criticize President Donald Trump as Senate Democrats utilize the procedural tool to block passage of a GOP-backed measure to open the ...