WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday again called for Republican senators to terminate the filibuster rule in a bid to end what is now the longest government shutdown in ...
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- The leader of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) set a new record Tuesday for the longest filibuster speech as he delivered a marathon address to protest a ruling ...
The government shutdown has reached its 36th day, the longest in U.S. history, as President Donald Trump pressures Republicans to end the Senate filibuster in order to reopen the government."It's time ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown has entered its 36th day, breaking the record as the longest ever and disrupting the lives of millions of Americans with federal program cuts, flight delays ...
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 ...
To nuke the filibuster or not to nuke the filibuster? That’s the big question as we head into the sixth week of a record federal government shutdown. We keep hearing that the filibuster is a powerful ...