Democrats pulled out all the stops Wednesday to delay the vote on a short-term spending bill to reopen the government, the 12th time the Senate has considered the measure since the government entered ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seemingly frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats’ unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President Donald Trump is once again demanding that the Senate ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this story was first published in 2021, when Democrats were trying to end the filibuster. It was completely predictable that President Donald Trump would call on Senate ...

Could the Senate’s tradition of almost unlimited debate wind up a victim of the GOP majority in Congress? That’s an emerging prospect — though far from a certainty — as the government shutdown drags ...

As Republicans and Democrats battle for the upper hand in the federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump has zeroed in on a new target for potentially breaking the deadlock: eliminating the ...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Wednesday he’s open to changes to the Senate filibuster, but stopped short of endorsing President Donald Trump’s call to eliminate it to end the ...

In a fiery post, the president is warning the GOP they’ll be blamed for the shutdown and suffer a setback in next year’s midterms if they don’t trigger the “Nuclear Option!” and restart the government ...

Instead of caving on the shutdown, Democrats should have waited for the GOP to cave on Trump’s demand to scotch this antidemocratic tactic. There were only ever two ways the government shutdown was ...

A Terror Attack in Washington, D.C. Audio By Carbonatix You know there’s such a thing as the filibuster in the Senate, as do I. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ...

AUSTIN -- It's a memorable day in Texas politics. One year ago, state Sen. Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth) stood in front of Texas lawmakers and delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster. Her speech ...

Amid the U.S. government shutdown, which has stretched into its second month, President Donald Trump is ramping up the pressure on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster—an action commonly known ...