Last month, Senate Democrats used the filibuster to block sanctions on the International Criminal Court, in response to the ...

Schumer strongly implied nuking the filibuster once and for all would be on the agenda should Democrats hold the Senate. “We came close last time, as you remember, we couldn’t change the rules ...

The courts may continue to intervene, as some already have, and it is likely that the administration will often lose in those ...

House GOP leaders overcame an important hurdle Thursday morning after cutting a deal with Freedom Caucus holdouts on a budget ...

Despite the challenges of the past, this body is moving forward, and it is Senate Republicans who are leading the charge. We ...

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom whereby a supermajority of 60 votes is required to pass legislation.

They’re going to cram these massive policy proposals into a “reconciliation” bill, which is exempt from the filibuster, but was never meant to be a vehicle for such massive policy change.

For decades Republicans in GOP-dominated Nebraska have tried and failed to upend the state’s unusual method of splitting its ...

should the change be adopted. Several other rules changes were proposed to weaken the filibuster, including changing what can be challenged as germane and how senators can overrule the chair ...