Sometimes, politics is the art of the impossible. Every time the Senate has changed hands in recent history, nine times ...

Democrats have fallen back in love with the filibuster. Mere weeks into President Trump’s second term, Senate Democrats are ...

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

With parts in a 30-hour Democratic filibuster, Arizona’s two senators finally were willing to disrupt business in Washington.

We're approaching the first weekend of President Donald Trump's second term – and the Senate is already running behind in ...

The lawmakers say Johnson “hid” Scott Bessent from them. In the Senate, Hawaii Democrat Brian Schatz led an overnight filibuster against the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell ...

The Laken Riley Act defeated the legislative filibuster again during a second procedural vote on Friday, amassing more than 60 votes to advance it to a final vote. By a margin of 61-35 ...

The Senate voted 61-35 to advance the bill, clearing the 60-vote threshold necessary to overcome the filibuster. The chamber plans to pass the bill on Monday, and will only need a majority vote at ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The filibuster’s power came into question once again on Thursday, as the rules committee convened to discuss a handful of changes to the 109th Legislature. The filibuster ...

One proposal Lippincott put forward would change the threshold needed to end a filibuster from 33 to 30 lawmakers, while another changes the threshold to a three-fifths majority of the members ...

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(CNN) — 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 ...