When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom ...

Harry Reid is a former Senate majority leader from Nevada. A real fix for this country would be the abolition of the Senate filibuster in all its forms, allowing for a simple majority vote ...

How to Fix the Broken Senate and Save America.” I wanted to know ... (From here, Merkley described several eras in which filibusters, driven by North-South regional disagreements, paralyzed ...

To give you a final example of how effective the filibuster can be when, in 1917, President Wilson, before America was in the war, asked Congress to approve the arming of American merchant ships.

Democrats have fallen back in love with the filibuster. Mere weeks into President Trump’s second term, Senate Democrats are already making liberal use of the obstructive maneuver, flying in the ...

In its editorial, the NYT admits that its stance against the judicial filibuster “is a major ... the peculiar but effective form of government America cherishes.” Indeed, the NYT said it ...