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 ...

A proposal that would change Nebraska law to define app-based ride-share and food delivery drivers as independent contractors overcame the Legislature's first filibuster of the year Wednesday as ...

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 ...

Sarah Burris is a long-time veteran of political campaigns, having worked as a fundraiser and media director across the United States. She transitioned into reporting while working for Rock the ...

It takes only a House majority, but Senate filibuster rules require a minimum of 60 votes in the 100-member chamber to bring a bill to the floor — an insurmountable threshold for all kinds of ...

From being portrayed as a woman who filibusters her on-screen husband Tony Mojanovski to having to sit at a table with a bunch of people in their late twenties for hours on end, this week ...

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Tuesday denied an emergency motion by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to reinstate federal aid funding freezes. The panel of three judges ...

Seventy-nine member states of the Rome State of the International Criminal Court (ICC) reaffirmed their “unwavering support” for the court’s operation, in a joint statement issued on Friday. The ...

Nebraska lawmakers could be setting the table on how the rest of the 90-day session could go. Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson Walk Out Of ‘SNL50' Concert After Jimmy Fallon Said No Awards Would Be Given ...

Mitch McConnell did the right thing by deploying “the nuclear option,” taking away the filibuster as a tool of Democratic obstruction in the matter of Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the ...