ANALYSIS: Democrats’ nuclear option had wide-reaching consequences that ultimately empowered Trump, Eric Garcia writes. If Republicans kill the filibuster to reopen the government, it might permanentl

Democrats have effectively gone on strike against democracy, with the ultimate goal of changing the rules to eventually achieve total victory for socialism.

How He'd Do It The Huffington Post's Sam Stein explains it would happen at the beginning of the next Congress in January 2011. "To change Senate rules in the middle of the session requires 67 votes, which Democrats clearly don't have. But changing the ...

In a lengthy post made on Thursday, not long after the president and First Lady Melania Trump handed out candy to White House trick-or-treaters, Trump called on Republicans to play their “trump card” and “go for what is called the nuclear option”: eliminating the filibuster rule.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made it clear Tuesday that Republicans can’t use a filibuster to block a spending bill designed to avoid government shutdown, saying that a scheduled Wednesday procedural vote on the measure will happen regardless.

In remarks Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) made clear he’s serious about breaking the logjam in the Senate by reforming the body’s onerous filibuster rules. “We’re going to change the rules. We cannot ...

From the outset, the current government shutdown orchestrated by the Democratic Party has felt different out here in the hinterlands.

The prospect of the controversial tactic has already ignited Republicans' ire, and key Senate Democratic chairmen have said they don't want to do it. Reid, D-Nev., took a different position on a conference call with reporters. "I think it's something we ...