President Donald Trump is again demanding the Senate eliminate the legislative filibuster. As the government shutdown is in its 31st day, the president appeared frustrated by the Democrats’ ...

Almost like clockwork, every time control of the Senate changes, the party in the majority talks about abolishing the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The shutdown began at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 when Congress failed to pass federal funding legislation. On Tuesday, Nov. 4, the U.S.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on Monday that there was insufficient support among Senate Republicans to invoke the so-called nuclear option and end the upper chamber’s filibuster rule. “The ...

Instead of caving on the shutdown, Democrats should have waited for the GOP to cave on Trump’s demand to scotch this antidemocratic tactic. Senator Tim Kaine, one of eight Democrats who voted to end ...

During the battles over healthcare and tax reform, Republicans have sent themselves into contortions to abide by the “Budget Reconciliation” rules that allow the majority to get around a Democratic ...

After months of debate, Senate Democrats this summer broke a Republican filibuster against a bill to extend unemployment benefits. But the Republicans insisted on applying a technicality in the Senate ...

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is entering his fourth hour of his filibuster against John Brennan's nomination for CIA director, promising to "speak today until the president says, no, he will not kill you ...

The ongoing federal government shutdown is poised to break the record for longest shutdown in the history of the United States, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed or forced to ...

The ongoing federal government shutdown is set to become the longest in U.S. history, impacting federal workers and millions of Americans. Republicans and Democrats are deadlocked over issues ...