Senators also held a bipartisan closed-door luncheon in hopes of continuing the fragile sense of comity that has enveloped the chamber since it defused the filibuster battle. But that session came ...

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The Senate voted 61-35 to advance the bill, clearing the 60-vote threshold necessary to overcome the filibuster. The chamber plans to pass the bill on Monday, and will only need a majority vote at ...

Donald Trump – who demanded an overhaul of what he called the "outdated" Senate filibuster during his first term – will again grow impatient with the upper chamber’s 60-vote threshold for ...

A bipartisan bill to crack down on illegal immigration narrowly overcame its second and final 60-vote filibuster in the Senate on Friday, all but ensuring its eventual passage in Congress.

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