When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom ...
New Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, opened the two-year Senate session Friday with a vow to keep the filibuster. The filibuster is a controversial legislative tactic ...
The Laken Riley Act defeated the legislative filibuster again during a second procedural vote on Friday, amassing more than 60 votes to advance it to a final vote. By a margin of 61-35 ...
One of the happier side effects of Donald Trump’s victory is that Democrats, out of power and with few options, are falling back in love with the checks and balances of the American political ...
For example, (increasing ... and that’s by getting around the filibuster through reconciliation. That’s the pattern we’re in, right? MERKLEY: Yes, with an amendment. And the amendment ...