Some Senate Republicans are beginning to shift their position on getting rid of the filibuster after President Donald Trump ...

The longstanding procedure has often been used as a tool for the minority party to block legislation they disagree with.

Washington Post law and political columnist Jason Willick says he would “probably hate” most of the legislation Democrats would pass if they controlled the House, Senate and White House without a ...

Republicans and Democrats have been guilty of attempting to abolish the filibuster when they held power. The truth is that ...

The word “filibuster,” which derives from a Dutch term for pirates and plunderers, somehow came to describe those who disrupt legislative business. The practice is much older — Cato the Younger was ...

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The most extended government shutdown in U.S. history has revived a familiar argument: The Senate’s filibuster is to blame ...

To nuke the filibuster or not to nuke the filibuster? That’s the big question as we head into the sixth week of a record federal government shutdown. We keep hearing that the filibuster is a powerful ...

The Republican scheme to redraw red-state congressional districts is a blatant, gloves-off power play to retain a House majority in the 2026 midterm elections. Well, sort of. Republicans are removing ...

Californians don’t have to imagine what unchecked majority rule looks like. They see it in Sacramento. The Legislature pushes ...