President Trump's strong desire for the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act before the midterm elections, in the face of opposition from Democrats and some Republicans, has reignited debate over the ...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s recent decision to scrap the filibuster is the culmination of a long escalation of partisan tensions in Washington. You could place the origin of this war where you ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, doubling down on a position that has already added to Democrats’ frustrations with him in recent months, offered a more detailed explanation this week for his ...

How important is it, really, the pending change to Senate rules to end the possibility of filibustering nominations to the Supreme Court? It will result in Judge Neil Gorsuch’s joining the court, ...

President Donald Trump expressed disappointment in some Republican lawmakers over their hesitance to change or even eliminate the filibuster rule in the Senate, noting there are some in his own party ...

Democrats in the Senate have invoked the so-called “nuclear option,” allowing them to confirm the president’s nominations for ...

The filibuster was designed for a different political era. Is it still worth preserving? Cornyn wrote an op-ed in March in which he said he’d be open to changing the filibuster in order to pass the ...

Like this article? Keep independent journalism alive. Support HuffPost. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) says he was "deeply wrong" when he fought to eliminate the Senate filibuster during Joe Biden's ...

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From caning scandals to marathon filibusters and impeachment verdicts, the U.S. Senate has staged some of the most riveting political theater in American history — vote for the showdown that deserves ...

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