Last month, Senate Democrats used the filibuster to block sanctions on the International Criminal Court, in response to the ...

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

Taft promised to support some other plan to curb filibusters. The majority against adopting new rules was made up of 41 Republicans and 29 Democrats; the minority was made up of five Republicans ...

After their election loss, notice how quickly Democrats have flip-flopped with respect to their push to abolish the legislative filibuster ... at the end of this Congress. Last week, a chastened ...

A bipartisan bill to crack down on illegal immigration narrowly overcame its second and final 60-vote filibuster in the Senate on Friday, all but ensuring its eventual passage in Congress.

How much of what’s accomplished in Congress these days is done in spite of the filibuster? MERKLEY: An interesting point to remember is that the reason that you can do tax loopholes for the rich ...