On Feb. 18, 1979, snow fell in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the first known time. It fell a second time in 2016 ...

Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard appears to have cemented her new political home in the GOP, winning Senate confirmation ...

During his remarks from the Senate floor during the filibuster of the confirmation of Trump's OMB Director nominee, Russell Vought, Senator Adam Schiff sounded the alarm over the impacts of Trump's fu ...

People in politically-mixed Urbandale are well-informed on the developments of the massive effort to slash spending and ...

For decades Republicans in GOP-dominated Nebraska have tried and failed to upend the state’s unusual method of splitting its presidential electoral votes by congressional district. Now, with yet ...

The resolution is the first step in that process, instructing committees on how to allocate spending as Republicans use budget reconciliation to sidestep the Senate filibuster. Senate GOP ...

Colin Pascal is a retired Army lieutenant colonel and a graduate ... Manchin and Sinema saved the filibuster by rejecting their party’s calls for its elimination. Both were held in contempt ...

That’s because Senate Democrats still have the power of the filibuster, which will require bipartisan support to overcome, while the GOP’s majority in the House is so slim that even partisan ...

as that’s the exact number needed to overcome an inevitable filibuster against it. But those 33 votes are not a guarantee, as several Republican lawmakers have expressed hesitation on the idea.

That rule, voted in only by House Democrats, amended the votes required to end a filibuster on the floor from a two-thirds majority to a simple majority, which Democrats now have in the chamber.

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.