Democrats are employing the filibuster after instances of Republican "previous question" motions ending debate.

Why the former Senate majority leader decided to end the filibuster.

The Senate filibuster, which requires 60 votes to advance most legislation, is a procedural safeguard to ensure political stability. While not in the Constitution, the filibuster aligns 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 ...

With 81 Republicans voting with their Democrat colleagues to block a Trump-supported effort to defund the rogue National Endowment for Democracy (NED), which was defined as a […] ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) claimed Sunday that Republicans need to “nuke” the filibuster on their watch because the Democrats don’t ...

Frustrated by the ongoing government shutdown, President Donald Trump has repeatedly called on Senate Republicans to go for the “nuclear option” and get rid of the filibuster in recent days. “It is ...

Fairly or unfairly, the majority party pays dearly in the midterms, then ultimately loses the presidency in 2028. GOP senators shrug their shoulders and complain about how powerless they were against ...