Senate Majority Leader John Thune has resisted President Donald Trump's pleas to kill the filibuster, but Republicans ...

The filibuster gives Democrats the power to block much of Trump’s agenda, creating a strong incentive to defend the rule ...

Senators argue that if Republicans don’t eliminate or weaken the 60-vote threshold, Democrats will once they regain the ...

Pressure is building on Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to scrap the filibuster in order to pass President Trump's voting regulation agenda, known as the SAVE America Act. The filibuster is ...

As of Wednesday, the current government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history: 36 days. Even if there is suddenly an agreement and members move expeditiously to approve a temporary funding bill, ...

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- The leader of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), who sought to block a ruling party-led bill to establish a special insurrection tribunal, broke the record for ...

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Frustrated by the ongoing government shutdown, President Donald Trump has repeatedly called on Senate Republicans to go for the “nuclear option” and get rid of the filibuster in recent days. “It is ...