WASHINGTON (AP) — Seemingly frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats' unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President Donald Trump is once again demanding that the Senate ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is standing his ground against President Trump’s campaign to pressure Republicans to radically reinterpret the filibuster rule to pass sweeping voting reform ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The filibuster is a Senate rule that requires 60 of its 100 members to pass most legislation. Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in ...

Democrats united on Tuesday afternoon to block the Senate from debating Republican-led legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security, escalating a fight that could end in a partial ...

Time is not fungible. The time you spend reading this column cannot be "reclaimed." It is gone and it won’t be back. Which is why the "talking filibuster" proposal for the United States Senate is such ...

In 2013, the then-­majority Democrats in the Senate, under the leadership of Sen. Harry Reid, changed U.S. Senate rules regarding the filibuster to eliminate it, but only for approving presidential ...

Seemingly frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats' unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President Donald Trump is once again demanding that the Senate eliminate the ...