Vote on which filibusters actually bent the arc of history — from marathon floor speeches to Senate rule-breaking 'nuclear options' — versus which ones were just memorable theater. The 1917 'Willful ...

As the government shutdown nears becoming the longest in U.S. history, President Donald Trump has called on Senate Republicans to end the filibuster in order to bring the stalemate on Capitol Hill to ...

The ongoing federal government shutdown is poised to break the record for longest shutdown in the history of the United States, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed or forced to ...

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Frustrated by the ongoing government shutdown, President Donald Trump has repeatedly called on Senate Republicans to go for the “nuclear option” and get rid of the filibuster in recent days. “It is ...

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul stood up shortly before noon Wednesday and announced his intention to filibuster President Barack Obama's nomination of John Brennan to lead the CIA. "I will speak until I can ...

Our Founding Fathers spoke against requiring a supermajority threshold to pass regular measures in Congress, yet the erroneous practice continues today via the filibuster. Current Senate practice ...

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