Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-S.D.) support for keeping the 60-vote threshold for passing legislation through the ...

Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate. The filibuster requires most legislation to get 60 votes, which has allowed ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The crises at the heart of the government shutdown fight in Washington were coming to a head Saturday as the federal food assistance program faced delays and millions of Americans ...

Senate Republicans have long resisted the temptation of going nuclear on the filibuster, a move more often made by Senate ...

President Donald Trump could use $5 billion emergency fund for SNAP benefits during shutdown, Democrats argue, while ...

In a news release about $4 million going to the Utah Food Bank, the state's top elected leaders blamed Democrats for the ...

The recall election is an electoral obligation for those wishing to return representative government back to the resident ...

In a pair of late-night posts, Trump told Senate Republicans to use the "nuclear option" to eliminate the 60-vote threshold ...

The government shutdown is on the verge of becoming the longest in US history — and lawmakers still have no idea how much longer it will go.

Seemingly frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats’ unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President ...

Federal judges have ruled that the Trump administration must continue funding SNAP during the government shutdown. Friday's decisions came just before ...

President Trump is urging Republicans to eliminate the Senate filibuster to reopen the government, but congressional ...