Abolishing the filibuster will give Republicans the same power that Democrats themselves crave. If they haven’t realized that by now, they will find out soon enough — the next time Republicans ...

Negotiators Aiming To Avert Showdown Over Filibuster This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such ...

Two rival proposals aim to end Senate obstructionism this year. ... This is how all filibusters were done prior to the early 1970s, ... But Reid seems set on doing something.

Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s comments came after the House approved a set of voting rights measures on a party-line vote of 220 to 203. By Carl Hulse WASHINGTON — President Biden’s campaign to ...

2020 Dems take aim at filibuster, say Senate tradition should 'go the way of history' By Paul Steinhauser Fox News Published March 21, 2019 3:07pm EDT ...

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) will make abolishing the Senate filibuster "priority No. 1" should he win in 2024, and he is willing to gamble the Democrats' slim majority to do so.

The previous modern record for longest filibuster was set earlier this year by the Senate Freedom Caucus, who […] The post Democratic filibuster of initiative petition bill exceeds 41 hours, ...

Early Wednesday morning, Democrats in the Missouri Senate set a new record for the longest filibuster in state history.. The caucus of nine Democrats initiated the round-the-clock filibuster on ...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell warned on Thursday that any attempt by Democrats to blow up the legislative filibuster would result in “Armageddon for our institutions.” ...

The filibuster is a procedure that allows a minority group of lawmakers to delay or outright block the passage of a majority-backed bill by endlessly debating it, exploiting the rule set out under ...

If a few of Senate Democrats had their way, Jimmy Stewart's character in the classic film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" would have had a harder time blocking a Senate vote.

The Senate rules on the filibuster are complicated. Lisa Desjardins answers your questions. ... I’ll aim for an audience somewhere between 10-year-olds and adults on Zoom.