Last month, Senate Democrats used the filibuster to block sanctions on the International Criminal Court, in response to the ...

They favor the filibuster when it’s convenient for them, and they try to abolish it when it stands in the way of their far-left agenda,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune told The Post.

The filibuster is a procedural, not constitutional, requirement and can be changed. It’s been on the Senate books since 1917, ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won a vote in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, clearing him to become a member of President Donald Trump's ...

On Tuesday, the Texas state Senate was scheduled to pass major bills on funding transportation, permitting the death penalty for 17-year-olds, and putting sweeping restrictions on abortion in the ...

(Reid himself had promised in October 2016—two weeks before the presidential election—that Senate Democrats would follow that precedent and immediately abolish the filibuster for Supreme Court ...

Republican lawmakers took a key step last week to officially abolish the U.S. Department of Education. Here's what student ...

Now, there is pressure for Senate Republicans to end the filibuster to pass more of their favored legislation over Democratic procedural objections since they have a solid majority of 53-47.

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.