There are other legislative exceptions the filibuster does not apply to, including reconciliation, trade agreements, and the closure of military bases. “Democrats continue to talk out of both ...

The filibuster empowers the minority and frustrates the majority. Extended debate has always been a part of the way the Senate does its legislative business. Copied This week on the “Heritage ...

The filibuster gets a bad rap ... read his colleagues the phone book in his stand against a military-spending bill, and Fighting Bob La Follette, a Wisconsin Republican who was not as fond ...

More: Trump vows to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations ... we can't pull up with seven votes (to overcome the filibuster) then that's one of the reasons why we lost." ...