The filibuster is not a constitutionally codified practice; in fact, it was born of an absence. While the House of Representatives has standing rules for how long a member can speak, the Senate ...

The new Senate Republican majority is promising to leave the filibuster alone — even if it stands in the way of the Trump ...

With Republicans projected to win the Senate majority in the 2024 election, "the filibuster will stand," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell noted on Wednesday. Even when one party controls a ...

Florida Sen. Rick Scott on Sunday pitched himself as the candidate in the Senate GOP leadership race who will break the status quo and best fight to implement President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., for their refusal to end the filibuster. “My position is that filibuster has to get reformed. It’s not a tool of compromise, it’s a tool of ...

But they could have well over 50 votes. But they won’t have 60 yeas to crack a filibuster. That could mean a pressure campaign to eliminate the filibuster. Here’s the other dynamic ...

Ahead of the elections, a variety of Democratic candidates and leaders, including Kamala Harris, were fully on board with overhauling the Senate’s filibuster rule. Those efforts, as the Senate ...

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Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin for their refusal to end the filibuster. U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego once called the 60-vote Senate rule “a tool of obstruction,” back when Democrats ran the joint.

Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., for their refusal to end the filibuster. “My position is that filibuster has to get reformed. It’s not a tool of compromise, it’s a tool of ...