The government shutdown began at midnight on Oct. 1 as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nowhere close to reaching a ...

People Power Party Representative Park Soo-min renewed the record for the longest filibuster in history on the 26th. The previous record was 15 hours and 50 minutes, which he himself set last August ...

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

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

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

Facing Democratic opposition, the GOP has discarded a series of precedents and weakened minority power in order to vote ...

Late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) detonated the first Senate "nuclear option" in 2013, curbing the filibuster to confirm executive branch nominees - except for the Supreme Court. Former ...

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

Ben Sheehan explains the filibuster’s history, evolution, rules, and potential reforms. Why do most bills need 60 votes to pass the Senate? Ben Sheehan explains the filibuster’s history, evolution, ...