U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent encouraged Republicans to eliminate the filibuster in a Washington Post op-ed on Sunday. "For generations, the filibuster has been romanticized as the Senate's ...

Sen. Cornyn says he is open to “whatever changes to Senate rules ... necessary” with the filibuster to fund DHS and require ...

The best argument against eliminating the filibuster is also proof positive that the filibuster is an extra-constitutional ...

President Trump wants to kill the filibuster in order to break the deadlock over the record-breaking government shutdown. The big picture: Removing the filibuster would upend a Senate tradition that ...

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Amid the U.S. government shutdown, which has stretched into its second month, President Donald Trump is ramping up the pressure on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster—an action commonly known ...

As the government shutdown nears its 40 th day, Republican senators are balking at President Donald Trump’s demand to end the filibuster, a rule change that would allow a simple Senate majority vote ...

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on his way to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. AP There are no saviors or happy endings in politics — just a grueling, soul-sucking, ...

As the latest and longest government shutdown enters its denouement, Congress will be left to tally the costs and repair the damage. One thing to be thankful for: The filibuster, the procedural oddity ...

The following editorial was written by Bloomberg Opinion: As the latest and longest government shutdown enters its denouement, Congress will be left to tally the costs and repair the damage. One thing ...

Proponents of the “talking filibuster” quagmire like to point to the success of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as evidence that important things can be done by breaking a talking filibuster. After all, ...