President Trump urged Republicans to get rid of the Senate filibuster rule and move swiftly to pass voter reform after Tuesday’s Democratic sweep in key state races across the U.S. In a series of ...

After having ignored the issue for much of the year, Donald Trump has become fixated on ending legislative filibusters in the Senate. It’s not immediately obvious, however, why this has become such an ...

Senate Republican support for eliminating the filibuster is picking up momentum after President Trump invited members of the Senate GOP conference to the White House for a breakfast meeting Wednesday ...

President Donald Trump has remained unyielding in his mission to end the filibuster, warning GOP lawmakers on Friday morning that they risk being voted out of office if they don’t get on board with ...

Amid the U.S. government shutdown, which has stretched into its second month, President Donald Trump is ramping up the pressure on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster—an action commonly known ...

Senate Democrats are filibustering a Republican measure to reopen the federal government. As the shutdown approached and reached record length, Donald Trump grew impatient at the stalemate and ...

Murmurings of filibuster reform bounced around the blogosphere last week, and not for the first time. But some think the partisan gridlock of the last 18 months may have finally triggered a “This Is ...

Democrats are ramping up their discussions about changing the Senate’s rules amid growing frustration about the inability to move voting rights legislation. After months of trying to give space for ...