U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent encouraged Republicans to eliminate the filibuster in a Washington Post op-ed on Sunday. "For generations, the filibuster has been romanticized as the Senate's ...

The word “filibuster,” which derives from a Dutch term for pirates and plunderers, somehow came to describe those who disrupt legislative business. The practice is much older — Cato the Younger was ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made waves on Wednesday by doubling down on demanding Senate Republicans abolish the filibuster to speed up President Donald Trump’s agenda. Trump wants ...

The most extended government shutdown in U.S. history has revived a familiar argument: The Senate’s filibuster is to blame for congressional paralysis. It’s a compelling narrative with a convenient ...

Dec. 27 (UPI) --President Donald Trump and Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent urged an end to the Senate filibuster rule ahead of an anticipated budget battle in January. Bessent submitted an op-ed that The ...

Senate Republicans are increasingly chattering about changing the filibuster’s rules if Democrats do not end the shutdown, even though Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he opposes ...

Republicans and Democrats have been guilty of attempting to abolish the filibuster when they held power. The truth is that the filibuster is merely a Senate procedure to shut off debate that has ...

WASHINGTON — With another potential congressional budget fight looming in January, President Donald Trump is continuing to press Senate Republicans to abolish the chamber’s longstanding filibuster ...

The most extended government shutdown in U.S. history revived a familiar argument: The Senate’s filibuster is to blame for congressional paralysis. It’s a compelling narrative with a convenient ...