Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the conference isn't "unified" on using the rarely used tool as he faces increased ...

First off, it was not a filibuster. But Booker's historic 25-hour speech broke the Senate record, and was a startling ...

The plan is a nonstarter for most GOP senators, who have warned of a monthslong suck of precious floor time and rippling ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The word “filibuster,” which derives from a Dutch term for pirates and plunderers, somehow came to describe those who disrupt ...

Axios reported Wednesday that President Joe Biden is fully prepared to support eliminating the filibuster in order to pass legislation important to him Sen. Angus King of Maine wrote an op-ed that ...

Despite President Donald Trump demanding that Majority Leader John Thune find some way to pass a voter ID bill in the Senate, Republicans in the chamber maintain they do not have the support to change ...

HARTFORD — The General Assembly's tradition of unlimited debate was a theme of the Senate's afternoon-long session on Wednesday, when bills that easily passed the House but died without votes in the ...

Some reluctant Republicans say an old-school filibuster showdown with Democrats could paralyze the Senate with no guarantee of success. But President Trump and their own colleagues are spoiling for ...

WASHINGTON(AP) — Seemingly frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats' unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President Donald Trump is once again demanding that the Senate ...

In 2013, the then-­majority Democrats in the Senate, under the leadership of Sen. Harry Reid, changed U.S. Senate rules regarding the filibuster to eliminate it, but only for approving presidential ...

Fmr Sen. Coleman to Newsmax: Ending Filibuster Would Trigger One-Party Rule ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent turned to a specific game theory in support of passage of the president’s key policies: “It’s kind of kill or be killed.” Amid […] ...