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

The earlier legislation was conceived and debated ... than to have the Senate for the first time in history bury a civil rights filibuster. The dead children cannot be restored, but living ...

A bill introduced by a House Republican requiring voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship when they register to ...

The 1974 Budget Control Act had 100 senators vote for it, to create a filibuster free pathway for only one reason ...

The filibuster is a loophole, historically used to block civil rights legislation. The original Senate rules did not include the filibuster rule. Our senators went to Washington to get things done ...

"As expected, the most angry opposition to the bill came from Dixie lawmakers, like Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina." Senator Strom Thurmond: "This so-called Civil Rights Proposals ...

Doesn’t a filibuster already last only as long ... hours and 18 minutes in 1957 in an unsuccessful bid to stop a civil rights bill. Yes, but not many and it’s not easy. In 1974, the Senate ...