In adding up the costs of the filibuster, you should include long delays in dismantling Jim Crow, major areas in which legislation cannot be passed, and the distorting effects of work-arounds like ...

Among North Carolina Democratic Senate hopefuls, former state Sen. Erica Smith supports abolishing the filibuster, while state Sen. Jeff Jackson referred to himself in an interview as ...

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks with reporters as she arrived for a vote at the U.S. Capitol last week. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images) “The same Dems who argue to keep the ...

The threat is empty for another reason: The things Republicans want to pass would be easier to reverse than the things Democrats want to do. In a filibuster-free Senate, if one party does things ...

Democrats know Sinema was right about the filibuster. They won't admit it. | Opinion To see progressive Democrats today embrace a Senate tool they once described as outdated and racist is, above ...

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona told NBC News over the weekend that he favors overriding the Senate filibuster to pass national abortion protections. “I spent 15 years at NASA flying the ...

The filibuster actually endangers the whole edifice of civic democracy in America. WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 22: U.S. Supreme Court ...

The filibuster arose only decades later. John C. Calhoun, a senator from South Carolina, used it as a means to protect the interests of slavers like himself from a majority. From its beginnings ...

Previously, Manchin has said that if Democrats do away with the filibuster it would be “the saddest day in the history of the United States of America.” Others agree.

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom whereby a supermajority of 60 votes is required to pass legislation.

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom whereby a supermajority of 60 votes is required to pass legislation.