A defining feature of the U.S. Senate for more than two centuries, the concept of using long speeches to delay action or bring awareness to a cause has been at the heart of some of the most ...

State Senators had a late night at the Capitol working to meet deadline on Thursday due to disruptions in the session. Sen. Nathan Dahm was filibustering, reading hundreds of pages of legislation, so ...

It was a mundane, unanimously supported bill on liquor taxation that saw state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh take to the mic on the Nebraska Legislature floor last week. She offered her support, then spent ...

On Thursday, news that Nebraska Democrats narrowly defeated a six-week abortion ban came as a shock, as state after state—particularly in the Midwest and the South—passes bans in the aftermath of Roe ...

Contrary to recent mythology, there has never been a Senate tradition of filibustering nominees to the Supreme Court. Only once in history has there been a clear attempt to filibuster a first-time ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - Another day of filibustering in the Nebraska Legislature. Unlike Monday, this time we heard pushback from other senators. Neither side is prepared to blink first. “It seems to ...

The directive by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to its members to block all executive bills, including the 2015 Appropriation Bill, has continued to generate controversy. The ruling People’s ...

Out bisexual Nebraska state Sen. Megan Hunt, who has helped filibuster transphobic legislation in her state, has switched her party affiliation from Democratic to independent. Hunt has switched ...