U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent encouraged Republicans to eliminate the filibuster in a Washington Post op-ed on Sunday. "For generations, the filibuster has been romanticized as the Senate's ...

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 ...

The most extended government shutdown in U.S. history has revived a familiar argument: The Senate’s filibuster is to blame for congressional paralysis. It’s a compelling narrative with a convenient ...

Dec. 27 (UPI) --President Donald Trump and Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent urged an end to the Senate filibuster rule ahead of an anticipated budget battle in January. Bessent submitted an op-ed that The ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Easing off a stalemate, the Senate moved forward Tuesday with a power-sharing agreement in the evenly-split chamber after Republican leader Mitch McConnell backed off his demand that ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made waves on Wednesday by doubling down on demanding Senate Republicans abolish the filibuster to speed up President Donald Trump’s agenda. Trump wants ...

The most extended government shutdown in U.S. history has revived a familiar argument: The Senate’s filibuster is to blame for congressional paralysis. It’s a compelling narrative with a convenient ...

Republicans and Democrats have been guilty of attempting to abolish the filibuster when they held power. The truth is that the filibuster is merely a Senate procedure to shut off debate that has ...

The U.S. Senate was designed for serious debate, thoroughly vetting and refining laws before they are deployed to reshape the nation. In practice, though, the upper chamber has become a graveyard for ...

The most extended government shutdown in U.S. history revived a familiar argument: The Senate’s filibuster is to blame for congressional paralysis. It’s a compelling narrative with a convenient ...