Sen. Jon Tester had been reluctant to tamper with the filibuster rule, but last week said to Politico, “I think if it [the filibuster] wasn’t weaponized, I wouldn’t be talking about it now ...

In my new Confirmation Tales post, I set forth the basics of filibusters and cloture as a prelude to diving into Senate Democrats’ deployment of the filibuster in 2003 against Miguel Estrada’s ...

Democratic New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s yearslong effort to overhaul military sexual assault policies reached a significant milestone last week: filibuster-proof support from more than 60 ...

The most famous filibuster in history was dramatized in the classic Hollywood 1939 movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." That one was fictional, but over the years there have been plenty of real ...

When it comes to Donald Trump and Iran, senators rejected a chance to apply some checks and balances on a White House that needs to be checked and balanced.

They favor the filibuster when it’s convenient for them, and they try to abolish it when it stands in the way of their far-left agenda,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune told The Post.

In theory, to filibuster means a senator keeps speaking in opposition to legislation to prevent the vote, which by the mid-1800s became known as "talking a bill to death."The Senate in 1917 ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks with reporters as she arrived for a vote at the U.S. Capitol last week. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images) “The same Dems who argue to keep the ...

The longest filibuster in U.S. history was South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957; he spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes in opposition.

You’re going to start to hear a lot more about Democrats’ efforts to end the filibuster in the US Senate. If successful, it’ll be an important move supported by good-government advocates as ...

The House used to have a filibuster too. And when legislators got rid of it, the result was a more democratic, productive institution.

The Senate skirting the filibuster to strike down California’s plan to phase out gas-powered vehicles was the latest wound to a tactic in decline. By Carl Hulse Reporting from the Capitol A ...