South Korean opposition parties set a new world record for the longest filibuster, Friday, continuing their speeches for the fourth consecutive day to protest an anti-terrorism bill pushed by the ...

Rep. Kim said on Wednesday on Facebook, "How long the speech was is not important, and the people should think about why the opposition began the filibuster. We will do politics to protect the ...

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom ...

Senator John Thune said Friday that the filibuster has "perhaps the greatest impact in preserving the Founders' vision of the Senate." ...

But there has long been Senate precedent for that means (see, e.g., Gold article at pp. 260–269). The legislative filibuster owes its continued existence not to any formal obstacle that would ...

The song, “Power for the People,” was performed for 24 hours and 18 minutes, which was the longest filibuster ever recorded, by Strom Thurmond when he unsuccessfully tried to derail the 1957 Civil ...

The filibuster, a parliamentary practice in the U.S. Senate allowing members in the minority to block the will of the ...

MERKLEY: Of course, my argument is for the talking filibuster, which means that as long as the Democrats in the minority maintain a continuous presence on the floor speaking, they can block a bill.