The best argument against eliminating the filibuster is also proof positive that the filibuster is an extra-constitutional ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent encouraged Republicans to eliminate the filibuster in a Washington Post op-ed on Sunday. "For generations, the filibuster has been romanticized as the Senate's ...

President Donald Trump has demanded that Senate Republicans pass the SAVE America Act, his flagship voter suppression law that would put massive new restrictions on the ballot box, at all costs — and ...

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 ...

Amid the U.S. government shutdown, which has stretched into its second month, President Donald Trump is ramping up the pressure on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster—an action commonly known ...

As the government shutdown nears its 40 th day, Republican senators are balking at President Donald Trump’s demand to end the filibuster, a rule change that would allow a simple Senate majority vote ...

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on his way to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. AP There are no saviors or happy endings in politics — just a grueling, soul-sucking, ...

Honest proponents of the Talking Filibuster Quagmire will admit that it’s not just “applying the rules” but would actually require some rule changes to succeed. They simply dispute that these small ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump is urging Senate Republicans to end the filibuster to bring the month-long government shutdown to a close. That’s a really bad idea, and the Republicans know it’s a really bad ...

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 ...