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. Listen to this article · 8:02 min Learn more ...

His filibuster didn’t stop the bill entirely, but he did secure a concession that prolonged the project’s life. For the most part, however, lengthy filibusters throughout history have been ...

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 same Dems who argue to keep the filibuster ‘for when we need it’ do not, in fact, use it when we need it,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) posted to X on Saturday.

The Dems’ new infatuation with the filibuster is a far cry from January 2022, when Democrats controlled the Senate and 48 of them voted to eliminate it while Republicans used the procedural move ...

The filibuster is not a constitutionally codified practice; in fact, it was born of an absence. While the House of Representatives has standing rules for how long a member can speak, the Senate ...

23 hours, 22 minutes: Length of Jefferson Smith’s filibuster in the 1939 movie “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” starring James Stewart. It would have been the record at the time.

Whether the Founders invented it or not, some features of our Republic are essential to a democracy that is fair for the minority as well as the majority. The senate filibuster is one of them (also ...

Vice President Kamala Harris just announced that she wants to abolish the Senate filibuster to fast-track legislation to reinstate national Roe v. Wade rules on abortion. No matter who takes the ...

Hogan should back this filibuster reform. Fighting for a considered middle ground might not only help him get to the Senate, but also to achieve real results for Marylanders once he’s there ...

The filibuster now has three paths forward—and all of them end, one way or another, in its demise. The first and most obvious possibility is that Democrats will one day win a Senate majority ...