Facing Democratic opposition, the GOP has discarded a series of precedents and weakened minority power in order to vote ...

The Senate nears another "nuclear" showdown as Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., channels the tactics of leadership past in a long-running procedural arms race.

ANALYSIS: Trump and Republicans control the process, Eric Garcia writes. Any shutdown would be because they refused to ...

There’s one big guardrail left on Trump’s ambitions. Democrats are gearing up for a showdown that could destroy it.

Democrats can therefore threaten to block Congress from passing a new budget, unless the GOP offers certain concessions.

The People Power Party decided on the 23rd to respond with an "infinite filibuster (legitimate obstruction of proceedings through unlimited debate)" to all bills scheduled for the National Assembly ...

In May and July of 2017, early in his first term, President Donald Trump unleashed flocks of shrieking tweets imploring the Senate to change its filibuster rule for legislative measures. He advocated ...

Opposition to ending the U.S. Senate’s filibuster rule has softened, now that Republicans hold the majority in the upper chamber of Congress. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- In a last-stand move to halt the Texas redistricting bill from being passed, Democrat Senator Carol Alvarado is planning to filibuster the impending legislation on Friday ...

The filibuster causes a lot of problems for Democrats. Historically used only in rare and extreme circumstances, it is now implemented against almost every single of piece of legislation. It only ...

It was a full-on nuclear explosion. Just like the Pacific Testing Grounds near the Marshall Islands and French Polynesia. But this political blast tore through the Senate chamber. In November 2013, ...