One of the oldest and most historically significant traditions in the tradition-encrusted U.S. Senate, the filibuster, has been widely regarded as doomed in recent years as exceptions have been ...

Both parties have taken steps to weaken the filibuster (which allows 41 senators to block a measure they don’t like) in recent years: Democrats in 2013 changed the rules to allow confirmations ...

Will the Big Beautiful Bill Kill the Filibuster, as Democrats claim? Probably not, unless Republicans overrule the Senate parliamentarian on scoring tax cuts or on what qualifies for the BBB.

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. By Carl Hulse Reporting from the Capitol A ...

The filibuster is under the microscope again as Senate Republicans voted to overturn a federal regulation and nix California’s vehicle emissions standards, forcing the party to defend the ...

The filibuster is on life support. Both parties have vowed to protect it, but both have chipped away at it. The latest blow came last week, when the parliamentarian, the Senate’s independent ...

Senate Republicans Flirt With Nuking the Filibuster GOP Senators are chipping away at the 60-vote threshold, marking one more step toward majority rule in the upper chamber. Tom Williams/Getty Images ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans pushed forward with a simple-majority vote late Wednesday to undo an electric vehicle mandate set by California, which Democrats and the nonpartisan Government ...

Senate Democrats and Republicans trade places on the filibuster — again. GOP leaders seek to defy parliamentarian’s warnings in attempt to overturn California clean air standards.