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

The filibuster is a procedural, not constitutional, requirement and can be changed. It’s been on the Senate books since 1917, ...

Republican lawmakers took a key step last week to officially abolish the U.S. Department of Education. Here's what student ...

You see, dismantling a cabinet agency requires legislation. Because Senate Republicans aren’t planning to abolish the filibuster, that would require 60 votes. There are only 53 Republicans in ...

After their election loss, notice how quickly Democrats have flip-flopped with respect to their push to abolish the legislative filibuster. Back in 2021, Representative Pramila Jayapal ...

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.

Congressional Republicans have gone from trying to defund the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to trying to eliminate it altogether.

On Tuesday, the Texas state Senate was scheduled to pass major bills on funding transportation, permitting the death penalty for 17-year-olds, and putting sweeping restrictions on abortion in the ...

You see, dismantling a cabinet agency requires legislation. Because Senate Republicans aren’t planning to abolish the filibuster, that would require 60 votes. There are only 53 Republicans in ...

MERKLEY: The filibuster in its current form is simply a vote that’s taken and if 41 senators vote not to end debate, you have no way to vote on a bill, and if it’s done earlier in the process ...