During a press conference today, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) calls out Senate Majority Leader John Thune ...

Rule allows minority party to block legislation, but GOP is reluctant to scrap it as they could lose majority ...

President Donald Trump called for the Senate to eliminate the filibuster on Friday, sharing an op-ed from his Treasury Secretary making the case. “It’s time to end the filibuster,” Trump posted to his ...

The U.S. Senate was designed for serious debate, thoroughly vetting and refining laws before they are deployed to reshape the nation. In practice, though, the upper chamber has become a graveyard for ...

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 ...

The financial capital of the world has elected a socialist as mayor, while the president is demanding Republicans commit political suicide by killing the filibuster (“Bust the Filibuster at the GOP’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 ...

As the latest and longest government shutdown enters its denouement, Congress will be left to tally the costs and repair the damage. One thing to be thankful for: The filibuster, the procedural oddity ...

To the editor: To a significant extent, the Senate filibuster is already in jeopardy (“The U.S. Senate is a mess. He wants to fix it, from the inside,” Dec. 11). Republicans have shown a willingness ...

There are no saviors or happy endings in politics — just a grueling, soul-sucking, forever war of attrition. Everyone in power seems to forget this detail. That includes President Donald Trump, who ...