Sen. Mike Lee, Utah Republican and the bill’s lead sponsor, gave a presentation to his Republican colleagues last week in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The filibuster is a Senate rule that requires 60 of its 100 members to pass most legislation. Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said “there aren’t anywhere close to the votes” needed to change the Senate’s ...

Amid the U.S. government shutdown, which has stretched into its second month, President Donald Trump is ramping up the pressure on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster—an action commonly known ...

President Trump urged Republicans to get rid of the Senate filibuster rule and move swiftly to pass voter reform after Tuesday’s Democratic sweep in key state races across the U.S. In a series of ...

Why the "talking filibuster" proposal would waste precious Senate floor time and hurt both parties. A warning about changing ...

Voter ID legislation backed by President Donald Trump and his GOP allies faces an uphill climb in the Senate.

I hate to agree with President Donald Trump, but why do we put up with the 60-vote requirement (aka filibuster) for most votes in the Senate? Last year’s election in the U.K. shows that with the ...

Amid the U.S. government shutdown, which has stretched into its second month, President Donald Trump is ramping up the pressure on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster—an action commonly known ...