New interpretation of tax law is a win for conservative Christians who have long opposed the Johnson Amendment.

The Senate skirting the filibuster to strike down California’s plan to phase out gas-powered vehicles was the latest wound to a tactic in decline.

Democrats were against the filibuster before they were for it. The left continues to rage against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for casting a vote to avoid a government shutdown. He and a ...

Frustration that the filibuster was not deployed last week should not obscure that it silently constrains the Republican agenda daily.

Democrats have fallen back in love with the filibuster. Mere weeks into President Trump’s second term, Senate Democrats are already making liberal use of the obstructive maneuver, flying in the ...

Two years ago, Democrats nearly toppled the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation. But with an incoming Republican majority in the Senate, it may be their only tool to fight against a ...

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have indicated support for removing the Senate filibuster, but L. Roger Hutson argues filibusters are an important tool in forcing bipartisan governing.

"The filibuster was never an idea of the Founding Fathers. The founders never wrote into the Constitution a filibuster, and contemporaneous writings suggest that the founders’ views ranged from ...

Opinion: Kill the filibuster? Sounds more like campaign bluster than governing policy. Vice President Kamala Harris has been fluid on the filibuster, offering support to protect it when she wasn't ...

The Senate Democrats may have enough votes to alter the filibuster if they hold onto the majority after the November elections.

Senators were free to talk endlessly to delay a vote. By the mid-1800’s, senators talked so much the term “filibuster” was coined from Dutch and Spanish words “free-booter” and “filibusteros” - the ...

First used in the 1800s, the filibuster currently requires a 60-vote majority for most legislation to advance and pass in the Senate.