The word “filibuster,” which derives from a Dutch term for pirates and plunderers, somehow came to describe those who disrupt ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Norman Ornstein discusses the historical use of the Senate filibuster. Congressional Historian Norman Ornstein discusses the Senate filibuster.

I have addressed the filibuster issue many times in the past two decades, but it is worth addressing again. Several points are relevant. The first is the necessary but futile caution to activists to ...

With the midterm elections nearing, President Donald Trump is renewing pressure on Senate Republicans to get rid of the filibuster. “John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to ‘leave town ...

How important is it, really, the pending change to Senate rules to end the possibility of filibustering nominations to the Supreme Court? It will result in Judge Neil Gorsuch’s joining the court, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illinois Lt. Gov. and U.S. Senate candidate Julianna Stratton speaks with supporters at the Illinois State Fair during Governor's ...

Pennsylvania’s senior US Senator, John Fetterman (D), recently took to the pages of WaPo to provide a defense of the filibuster: John Fetterman: Now I see the truth about the filibuster. The sub-title ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley says he still supports the Senate filibuster, even as President Donald Trump increasingly is ...

President Trump’s strong desire for the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act before the midterm elections, in the face of opposition from Democrats and some Republicans, has reignited debate over the ...

President Donald Trump has made his position clear: He wants Senate Republicans to nuke the legislative filibuster and push through a sprawling voter ID bill. It’s enough to make some Republicans ...