In adding up the costs of the filibuster, you should include long delays in dismantling Jim Crow, major areas in which legislation cannot be passed, and the distorting effects of work-arounds like ...

Experts told Newsweek that the party's attempt to fast-track Trump's budget could hold long-term consequences for Senate ...

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

Democrats must decide if they win the 2020 election to admit Washington D.C. and Puerto as states and end the filibuster. The Senate overrepresents white people. Barack Obama called for reforms ...

The filibuster arose only decades later. John C. Calhoun, a senator from South Carolina, used it as a means to protect the interests of slavers like himself from a majority. From its beginnings ...

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom whereby a supermajority of 60 votes is required to pass legislation.

Democrats know Sinema was right about the filibuster. They won't admit it. | Opinion To see progressive Democrats today embrace a Senate tool they once described as outdated and racist is, above ...

Previously, Manchin has said that if Democrats do away with the filibuster it would be “the saddest day in the history of the United States of America.” Others agree.

End the filibuster on Republican terms, pack the court with conservative justices, nationalize elections via mandatory proof of citizenship and force through other traditional priorities. Time for ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks with reporters as she arrived for a vote at the U.S. Capitol last week. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images) “The same Dems who argue to keep the ...

Among North Carolina Democratic Senate hopefuls, former state Sen. Erica Smith supports abolishing the filibuster, while state Sen. Jeff Jackson referred to himself in an interview as ...