In recent decades, nearly every major piece of legislation that's come through the Senate has been at the mercy of the filibuster. And the only way to end a filibuster is to get 60 senators to ...

The top two Republicans in Congress are showing no interest in taking the unprecedented step of ending the legislative ...

WASHINGTON — On Thursday the U.S. House of Representatives passed voting rights legislation which will now set up a battle in the Senate over a major issue for the Biden administration along with the ...

WASHINGTON — The new Senate Republican majority promises to leave the filibuster in place, retaining the 60-vote threshold to pass most legislation — even if it stands in the way of the Trump agenda ...

The Legislature on Monday avoided another time-burning battle over its filibuster rule by adopting its current governing rules for this year without any changes. That decision put to rest the ...

This week Senate Republicans, led by Tennessee's Bill Frist, are expected to initiate a process that could strip the minority Democrats of the right to hold up judicial nominations via the filibuster.

The filibuster can stop bills from reaching the Senate floor and lead to hours-long speeches. It can be hard to understand what a filibuster is,... 'Throughline': The battle over the filibuster's ...