President Trump is urging Republicans to eliminate the Senate filibuster to reopen the government, but congressional Republicans are resisting the move. President Trump is urging Republicans to ...

About the author: Casey Burgat is the director of the legislative affairs program at George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management. He is author of We Hold These “Truths”: How ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seemingly frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats’ unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President Donald Trump is once again demanding that the Senate ...

BUCKS COUNTY, Pennsylvania — Democratic Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego reassured a crowd of left-wing voters at a Pennsylvania Democratic-party sponsored town hall Saturday afternoon that Senate Democrats ...

WASHINGTON -- The filibuster -- used this week by Republican Sen. Rand Paul to oppose John Brennan's nomination as CIA director -- is a parliamentary tactic used to block or delay legislative action.

For years, California’s late Sen. Dianne Feinstein fought off calls by her fellow Democrats to get rid of the filibuster, a Senate rule used to great effect by Republicans to thwart Democrats’ key ...

When Democratic President Joe Biden took office in January 2021 and the Republican leadership of the Senate — no longer representing a majority of the chamber — still capable of following through on ...

Government gridlock is not always dysfunction. Government gridlock is not always dysfunction. We could have used more of it during COVID — remember how governments acted then? The filibuster is a tool ...

Sen. Cory Booker's impassioned oration against the policies of President Trump's administration — with the help of multiple fellow Democrats — didn't just break the record for the longest Senate floor ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The filibuster — used this week by Republican Sen. Rand Paul to oppose John Brennan’s nomination as CIA director — is a parliamentary tactic used to block or delay legislative action ...

In rare fleeting moments of childlike naivety, I sometimes wonder how these people live with themselves. In one sense, the reaction to Booker’s speech speaks to the feckless and leaderless nature of ...