Ben Sheehan explains the filibuster’s history, evolution, rules, and potential reforms. Why do most bills need 60 votes to pass the Senate? Ben Sheehan explains the filibuster’s history, evolution, ...

Welcome to The Logoff: The federal government is hours away from the start of a near-certain shutdown — and, potentially, an ...

A federal government shutdown is imminent as Democrats and Republicans remain at an impasse over funding. Prof. Keith Smith, a political science professor at th ...

WASHINGTON — Former Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin is opening up about the wrath he faced from former President Joe Biden — and how the West Virginian was quietly pulling for Republicans to retake the ...

In using the nuclear option, John Thune has turned a Senate precedent on its head, defying his reputation as an institutionalist. Congressional experts said that Senator John Thune’s piecemeal changes ...

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune is very wrong to weaken the Senate’s historic filibuster procedure — which allows legislation and nominations to be slowed or blocked in the absence of 60 votes.

WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leaders have made consequential moves this year to weaken or end-run minority power when it stands in the way of their ambitions during the second Donald Trump ...

Former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) slammed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in a forthcoming book, calling his 2022 push to abolish the filibuster a “spectacle.” The book, titled “Dead ...

"The View" co-host Ana Navarro pressed former West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday about why he did not endorse Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024. Navarro asked, "What was your issue with ...