Without Democratic votes to break a Senate filibuster, the GOP would not have been able to pass its stopgap spending bill and ...

World history is full of examples of governments that unless they have limits and controls and checks get really out of control. And the extended debate, the filibuster, that's part of that system ...

The rhetoric surrounding the Senate rule change that eliminated the filibuster for judicial and executive nominees has provided numerous textbook examples of how to lie with statistics.

Then, at 11:18 a.m., Sen. Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat, took to the Senate floor and started what she hoped would be a 13-hour filibuster of the abortion bill. If Davis managed to keep the ...

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 ...

A Republican-led Senate bill to prevent boys from participating in girls' sports failed to overcome the legislative filibuster on ... in women's sports as an example. Last year, Rep.

The Problem with Executing Spies Elon Musk Is an Essential Trump Employee Vice President Kamala Harris told Wisconsin Public Radio: “I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe.” ...

We've seen the congressional power dynamic shift several times since 2000, for example. The guardrails against tyranny function because they are nonpartisan. Any move to destroy the filibuster or ...

Back in the minority and seeking to stonewall President Donald Trump, Senate Democrats have transitioned into the latest phase of their love-hate relationship with the filibuster. Democrats ...

Vice President Harris told Wisconsin Public Radio that she supports eliminating the Senate filibuster to codify Roe v. Wade.

“I love it now,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), who’s long advocated dismantling the legislative filibuster, said with a laugh. “We all like rules that help us, and right now that we're in the ...