Democrats voiced frustration that Republicans went ahead with a measure they said included little input from them.

Back in the minority and seeking to stonewall President Donald Trump, Senate Democrats have transitioned into the latest phase of their love-hate relationship with the filibuster. Democrats ...

“I love it now,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), who’s long advocated dismantling the legislative filibuster, said with a laugh. “We all like rules that help us, and right now that we're in the ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Democrats in the Missouri Senate started a filibuster Wednesday afternoon to protest a wide-ranging public safety measure being considered by the legislature. Shortly after ...

A Republican-led Senate bill to prevent boys from participating in girls' sports failed to overcome the legislative filibuster on Monday night after it did not reach the necessary 60-vote ...

Republican lawmakers failed to get the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster. Not a single Senate Democrat voted in favor of the bill. Two Republicans and two Democrats were absent from the vote.

Because she and the others stayed on board, Republicans had the 33 votes needed to advance the bill past the first major filibuster of the 2025 legislative session. It advanced 33-16, with a ...

Senate Democrats mounted a last-ditch protest Thursday over a Republican-led government funding bill that already passed the House.

Then, at 11:18 a.m., Sen. Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat, took to the Senate floor and started what she hoped would be a 13-hour filibuster of the abortion bill. If Davis managed to keep the ...

Most of the focus in recent years has been on the filibuster, which requires a vote of 60 senators to end debate and force a vote on almost any substantive matter. It remains my belief that the ...