Senate Democrats slowed down business in the upper chamber Thursday afternoon due to a lack of Democratic bills on the chamber’s agenda and opposition to bills on it. The filibuster delayed votes on ...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on "Special Report" said there is deep resistance within the GOP to altering ...
Raise your hand if you thought the filibuster would be a top issue in the most important Republican Senate primary of this year’s midterm elections. Congratulations if that was your guess. The ...
Sen. John Cornyn’s reversal on the Senate filibuster may or may not be sincere, but it is logical. The Texas Republican, ...
Republicans are trying to ram through Trump’s latest attack on voting rights. If they have to abolish the filibuster to do it, fine.
That pandering track just isn’t how I can roll, so here we go: While I support the SAVE Act, it is not necessary to win the midterms, nor is it worth blowing up the filibuster over. Advertisement I ...
Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) said Wednesday she would “absolutely support” ending the filibuster in the Senate after winning the Democratic nomination to replace longtime Sen. Dick Durbin (D ...
Republican candidates running in some of the most competitive Senate races in 2026 are increasingly weighing in on a growing fight inside the GOP over whether to force Democrats into a “talking ...
President Donald Trump said he expects to endorse a candidate in the GOP Senate primary in Texas sometime next week.
The senator wrote in a social media post that lowering the threshold for passing most legislation is “foolish” and “lazy.” ...
This ritual is exactly why nothing ever changes. The threat of a filibuster has become Washington’s most convenient excuse for doing nothing. Instead of debating ideas and voting them up or down, the ...
As the SAVE Act debate begins, understand the Senate filibuster, the 60-vote rule that stands in its way, and why it's so ...