Glassman, who spent a decade studying congressional procedure at the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, said members of the Senate realized early on that “if you just keep talking, you never ...

Sen. John Cornyn’s reversal on scrapping the Senate filibuster is sparking backlash among some supporters of the 60-vote rule, with one leading proponent, former Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., accusing ...

Raise your hand if you thought the filibuster would be a top issue in the most important Republican Senate primary of this ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., center, accompanied by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, ...

It’s a scenario that has played out repeatedly for decades in the Senate: A narrow majority, intent on getting its way on legislation it prioritizes, is held back by the filibuster, and threatens to ...

Senate Republicans have for weeks been debating the use of the “talking filibuster” to guarantee the passage of the SAVE America Act in the upper chamber, after President Donald Trump called the ...

Would Senate Republicans rather lose a Texas race and put their majority very much in danger this November or give up the 60-vote threshold for most legislation that they have championed for decades?

The claim: Democrats held the nation’s longest filibuster for 75 days to attempt to prevent the passing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. When senators want to put the brakes on legislation, they talk.