The budget hawks are pushing for additional and highly controversial spending cuts. They’re also looking to put a strict ...

Last month, Senate Democrats used the filibuster to block sanctions on the International Criminal Court, in response to the ...

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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond has issued a public statement and “Dear Colleague” letter to all California local educational agencies (LEAs), in response to the ...

(for James) Strom Thurmond, 59, one of the Senate’s deepest ... in 1957, during a one-man filibuster against pending civil rights legislation, Thurmond kept talking for 24 hours and 18 minutes ...

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom whereby a supermajority of 60 votes is required to pass legislation.

(CNN) — When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom whereby a supermajority of 60 votes is required to pass legislation.

Republicans are claiming that the bill should be seen as a narrow fiscal matter, meaning that it could bypass the Senate filibuster and become law more easily. “Using Medicaid funds for unproven ...

LGBT? It’s possible that at some point over the next four years, Donald Trump – who demanded an overhaul of what he called the "outdated" Senate filibuster during his first term – will again ...