Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Monday floated the use of the “nuclear option” to end the shutdown and get around Senate ...

The government shutdown began at midnight on Oct. 1 as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nowhere close to reaching a ...

Democrats continue to insist, however, that the shutdown is the Republicans’ fault since, according to Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), “They have the presidency, they have the Senate, they have ...

W.Va., joins ‘Fox News Sunday’ to discuss the ongoing government shutdown, calls from Democrats to scrap the filibuster and ...

Some are asking if President Donald Trump, who has criticized the filibuster, might call for the “nuclear option" to remove ...

Frustration is growing inside the GOP as the government shutdown drags on with no end in sight and as military members are ...

The first-term senator pitched the notion during an appearance Wednesday night on Fox News, lamenting that the filibuster was ...

Few signs of progress toward an agreement to reopen the government have emerged as both parties work to lay blame on their ...

Democrats' stated reason for opposing Republicans' "clean" continuing resolution to keep the government open is that the spending bill doesn't extend expiring Obamacare premium subsidies or roll back ...

The Maine governor and establishment pick to challenge GOP Sen. Susan Collins said she wants to keep the Senate's 60-vote ...

The vote failed Thursday morning on a 51-45 vote, well short of the 60 needed to advance with the Senate's filibuster rules.