WASHINGTON — Some in the GOP’s full-force push to pass legislation that would add requirements to vote in U.S. elections have ignited a new conversation about changing Senate rules around the ...

I have addressed the filibuster issue many times in the past two decades, but it is worth addressing again. Several points are relevant. The first is the necessary but futile caution to activists to ...

Some things just keep coming back, like Rasputin after being stabbed, poisoned, shot and defenestrated, or like Scream II and III. The Congressional equivalent is the filibuster. I didn’t want to ...

The filibuster is a procedure in the U.S. Senate used to continue debate and prolong a vote on a bill, resolution or nomination ...

Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) have teamed up in calling for several major reforms to the Senate ...

Two years ago, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., published a book about restoring the so-called talking filibuster and repairing ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans used a filibuster Friday to block a Democratic bill to launch a bipartisan probe of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. It was the first time under new President Joe ...

President Biden reiterated his support for the “talking filibuster,” where senators must be present and talking on the floor to block bills. “It’s being abused in a gigantic way,” Mr. Biden said on ...

President Donald Trump has made his position clear: He wants Senate Republicans to nuke the legislative filibuster and push through a sprawling voter ID bill. It’s enough to make some Republicans ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illinois Lt. Gov. and U.S. Senate candidate Julianna Stratton speaks with supporters at the Illinois State Fair during Governor's ...