WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pressure is growing among President Joe Biden's Democrats to end the filibuster, a long-standing Senate custom that requires a supermajority to advance most legislation in a ...

Frustration is growing inside the GOP as the government shutdown drags on with no end in sight and as military members are about to start missing paychecks.

The No. 4 Democrat in the House is egging on Senate Republicans to nuke the filibuster as each side blames the other for the ...

Over at Balkinization, David Super, a congressional process expert, has these comments about why preservation of the filibuster is, in his view, in the best interests of both parties. Thus, Super ...

For the 21st time in the past 50 years, Congress has not been able to reach an agreement on funding for federal agencies. So ...

Here's a simple, straight-forward explanation of what a government shutdown means, how it happens, who is responsible and ...

Republicans have since deployed the maneuver two other times. In 2017, Senate Republicans eliminated the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees in an effort to allow the GOP to confirm Justice Neil ...

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 ...

Congressional MAGA Republicans and the Trump administration want you to believe that the looming government shutdown will be the fault of Democrats, which, not true. Republicans have the votes to pass ...