Senate Democrats are weighing whether to go scorched earth in the face of Trump's agenda, breaking norms and rejecting unanimous consent requests.

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom ...

Last month, Senate Democrats used the filibuster to block sanctions on the International Criminal Court, in response to the ...

The filibuster is a procedural, not constitutional, requirement and can be changed. It’s been on the Senate books since 1917, ...

The Senate took its first procedural step Tuesday towards passage of a filibuster-proof border security, defense and energy ...

Erick Erickson has laid out some of the reasons why conservatives should seek to keep the filibuster for legislation, and in the Senate, Orrin Hatch and Lindsey Graham have expressed opposition to ...

The filibuster empowers the minority and frustrates the majority. Extended debate has always been a part of the way the Senate does its legislative business. Copied This week on the “Heritage ...

Then, at 11:18 a.m., Sen. Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat, took to the Senate floor and started what she hoped would be a 13-hour filibuster of the abortion bill. If Davis managed to keep the ...

The word “reconciliation” has dominated the agenda on Capitol Hill since the beginning of the year. It refers to the “budget ...

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom whereby a supermajority of 60 votes is required to pass legislation.