Senate Republicans must defend the legislative filibuster as the key barrier to Democratic court-packing plans that could end ...

Taken from a Dutch word that means “pirate,” a filibuster involves any delaying tactic that blocks the Senate from voting on legislation or a nomination: speaking, forcing repeated votes, or even a ...

After the majority party failed to pass a major voting bill when a few members of the party opposed changing the rules around the Senate filibuster, Sen. John Thune of South Dakota’s wiry legs ...

President Trump wants to do away with the filibuster in order to pass the Save America Act. But many Senate Republicans are ...

The SAVE America Act debate entered its third day as the Senate GOP pressures Democrats, while the top GOP senator argued a ...

What’s a filibuster? And how will it benefit Trump if Senate ends the practice? - Majority of Republicans have strongly resisted calls to eliminate the legislative filibuster ...

Moderate Democrats in the Senate were underwhelmed with the plan of Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid to include a public insurance option in a major health reform bill, as it quickly became obvious ...