Last month, Senate Democrats used the filibuster to block sanctions on the International Criminal Court, in response to the ...

A bill introduced by a House Republican requiring voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship when they register to ...

A Texas Republican’s bill requiring voters to provide proof of citizenship when they register to vote is sparking alarm among ...

The earlier legislation was conceived and debated ... than to have the Senate for the first time in history bury a civil rights filibuster. The dead children cannot be restored, but living ...

The filibuster is a loophole, historically used to block civil rights legislation. The original Senate rules did not include the filibuster rule. Our senators went to Washington to get things done ...

The 1974 Budget Control Act had 100 senators vote for it, to create a filibuster free pathway ... including in the Civil Rights era, which is why Barack Obama referred to the practice as a relic ...

Former South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 1957 filibuster in opposition to landmark civil rights legislation remains the longest in history at just over 24 hours. Last month, Senate Democrats ...