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

The filibuster is a procedural, not constitutional, requirement and can be changed. It’s been on the Senate books since 1917, ...

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 ...

Harry Reid is a former Senate majority leader from Nevada. A real fix for this country would be the abolition of the Senate filibuster in all its forms, allowing for a simple majority vote ...

In its editorial, the NYT admits that its stance against the judicial filibuster “is a major ... the peculiar but effective form of government America cherishes.” Indeed, the NYT said it ...

To give you a final example of how effective the filibuster can be when, in 1917, President Wilson, before America was in the war, asked Congress to approve the arming of American merchant ships.

Erick Erickson has laid out some of the reasons why conservatives should seek to keep the filibuster for legislation, and in the Senate, Orrin Hatch and Lindsey Graham have expressed opposition to ...

The filibuster empowers the minority and frustrates the majority. Extended debate has always been a part of the way the Senate does its legislative business. Copied This week on the “Heritage ...

Incoming Senate GOP Leader John Thune (R-SD) vowed that the filibuster will be "safe under Republican control," even if it may stand in Trump's way. “I find it ironic that a party that has spent ...

How to Fix the Broken Senate and Save America.” I wanted to know ... (From here, Merkley described several eras in which filibusters, driven by North-South regional disagreements, paralyzed ...