WASHINGTON – Several Senate Democrats from swing states joined with Republicans Friday to clear the final hurdle to passing ...

A bipartisan bill to crack down on illegal immigration narrowly overcame its second and final 60-vote filibuster Friday, all ...

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

Two new senators were sworn in on Tuesday to replace new Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance.

Arguments for whether Nebraska lawmakers should change the threshold needed to end debate and shut off a filibuster, possibly ...

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 ...

Senator Harry Reid triggered the so-called "nuclear option," which eliminated the filibuster for lower court nominees. At the time, Senator Mitch ...

The Senate has passed the Laken Riley Act with a vote of 64 to 35. It now heads to President Donald Trump's desk for his ...

Rep. Laura Gillen, a first-term Democrat from New York, said she was “proud” to back a bipartisan answer on immigration.

Senators on Thursday cleared the final filibuster test for the Laken Riley Act, setting up a final vote on legislation that ...

In March 2023, Democratic State Sens. Machaela Cavanaugh of Omaha and Danielle Conrad of Lincoln, and Hunt, the nonpartisan progressive, filed 742 filibuster motions in one day on more than 100 bills.