Democrats were against the filibuster before they were for it. The left continues to rage against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for casting a vote to avoid a government shutdown.

The Senate reconciliation process is the avenue which Republicans intend to wrangle the package through the upper chamber because it bypasses the filibuster, which requires 60 votes to quash ...

Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin refused to help their party abolish the legislative filibuster in the U.S. Senate to make way for the passage of single-party, multitrillion dollar spending bills ...