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

World history is full of examples of governments that unless they have limits and controls and checks get really out of control. And the extended debate, the filibuster, that's part of that system ...

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 ...

or the threat of filibusters, to win concessions from the Senate majority and shape legislation on its way to ultimately ...

Kennedy Jr. struggles to answer questions on Medicare and Medicaid at confirmation hearing An example of the kind ... to a “backdoor elimination of the filibuster.” Indeed it would.

An example of the kind of initiative they’d ... She said that would amount to a “backdoor elimination of the filibuster.” Indeed it would. Sinema knows this sort of drama well.

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 ...