Returning Democratic senators unanimously support changing the rules for the filibuster after two years of gridlock. Though the senators, who all signed a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid calling ...
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) opened her campaign for the Pine Tree State’s must-win Senate seat by declaring her support for the filibuster, the 60-vote threshold in the Senate most progressives view as ...
A key player in Congress’ permitting reform negotiations is calling for the Senate to eliminate the filibuster in order to ...
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 ...
The following editorial was written by Bloomberg Opinion: As the latest and longest government shutdown enters its denouement, Congress will be left to tally the costs and repair the damage. One thing ...
Murmurings of filibuster reform bounced around the blogosphere last week, and not for the first time. But some think the partisan gridlock of the last 18 months may have finally triggered a “This Is ...
President Donald Trump again attacked the filibuster on Friday, listing sweeping policy changes and dangling the prospect of midterm election victories his party could secure if Senate Republicans ...
Supporters of a plan to change the Senate's rules around presidential appointments think they have the votes to reform the filibuster. If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid loses one more vote, though, ...
The GOP’s bid to block debate on Democrats’ financial regulatory reform bill ended with a whimper. After a three day standoff–during which they voted repeatedly, and to a number, to sustain their ...
After having ignored the issue for much of the year, Donald Trump has became fixated on ending legislative filibusters in the Senate. It’s not immediately obvious, however, why this has become such an ...
For decades, conservatives have treated the Senate filibuster as a sacred protection against liberal overreach — a procedural shield that forces bipartisanship and slows the advance of progressive ...