When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom ...

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 ...

Every time the Senate has changed hands in recent history, nine times starting with the 1980 elections, the party in power has threatened to scrap or at least limit the filibuster. This procedural ...

Gov. Kevin Stitt announces plan for Oklahoma will work with ICE to arrest undocumented immigrants. LIVING IN FEAR: The debate ...

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When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster ... And I absolutely support that policy, whether I’m in the minority or in ...

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Former President Jimmy Carter as depicted by a political cartoonist in an issue of In These Times from the 1970's. IN THESE ...

Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat, took to the Senate floor and started what she hoped would be a 13-hour filibuster of the ... p.m.: President Obama tweets his support: 10:07 p.m.: Dewhurst ...