This marked the first time in our nation's history that a filibuster was used to block a judicial nomination that enjoyed majority support. The fight over Miguel Estrada's nomination may not have ...

Then, at 11:18 a.m., Sen. Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat, took to the Senate floor and started what she hoped would be a 13-hour filibuster of the abortion bill. If Davis managed to keep the ...

There are great examples of filibusters by both parties. My former boss, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), engaged in a filibuster back in 2013 and commenced his speech by saying “I will speak until I can ...

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that Republicans will keep the filibuster as the GOP is poised to take the majority in the chamber come 2025. “One of the most ...

The filibuster effectively gives the minority ... Those pushing for changes counter that recent examples of legislation ...

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 slim ...

or the threat of filibusters, to win concessions from the Senate majority and shape legislation on its way to ultimately ...

In 2017, then-Sen. Harris and I signed a bipartisan letter from 61 senators committing to defend the Senate’s legislative filibuster. We wanted to ensure “that this great American institution ...

People walk outside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on June 9, 2022. The Senate needs to reform the filibuster to better serve the American public, the director of the Project on ...

WASHINGTON — Radio host Charlamagne tha God called out Vice President Kamala Harris for her “filibuster” of a listener’s question on reparations — and pressed her on doing “a lot of ...

Why do politicians keep referring to America as a “democracy”? How many times have we heard that former President Donald Trump is a “threat to democracy”? By democracy, they mean majority ...

WASHINGTON – The long-running debate over whether to eliminate the Senate filibuster reemerged after Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, recently reiterated her ...