As the partial government shutdown rolls into its third week, some Republicans are floating the idea of getting rid of the ...

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

Some are asking if President Donald Trump, who has criticized the filibuster, might call for the “nuclear option" to remove ...

With no end in sight to a federal government shutdown, U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno is suggesting Republicans might have to take a drastic step on Capitol Hill in order to pass a temporary measure to fund ...

There’s one big guardrail left on Trump’s ambitions. Democrats are gearing up for a showdown that could destroy it.

The first-term senator pitched the notion during an appearance Wednesday night on Fox News, lamenting that the filibuster was ...

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

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday night failed to change the filibuster rule to allow voting rights legislation to pass with a simple majority. The rule change would have required 51 votes to pass ...

Facing Democratic opposition, the GOP has discarded a series of precedents and weakened minority power in order to vote through Trump's nominees and legislation.

In remarks Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) made clear he’s serious about breaking the logjam in the Senate by reforming the body’s onerous filibuster rules. “We ...

DNC Chair Ken Martin said Democrats needed to stop playing by antiquated rules on Tuesday as he called the Trump ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not that different ...