Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat, took to the Senate floor and started what she hoped would be a 13-hour filibuster of the ... would ban all abortions after 20 weeks, require that doctors ...

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

Even before Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) had finished his 21-hour almost-filibuster, his feat of stamina was being compared and contrasted with other recent classics of the genre: The 13-hour ...

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.

Harry Reid is a former Senate majority leader from Nevada. A real fix for this country would be the abolition of the Senate filibuster in all its forms, allowing for a simple majority vote ...

Incoming Senate GOP Leader John Thune (R-SD) vowed that the filibuster will be "safe under Republican control," even if it may stand in Trump's way. “I find it ironic that a party that has spent ...

Every time the Senate has changed hands in recent history, nine times starting with the 1980 elections, the party in power has threatened to scrap or at least limit the filibuster. This procedural ...

(Bloomberg) -- With President-elect Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans winning control of the White House plus both chambers of Congress in the Nov. 5 election, the Democrats will have one ...

Former South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 1957 filibuster in opposition to landmark civil rights legislation remains the longest in history at just over 24 hours. Last month, Senate Democrats ...