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 ...
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 ...
With 81 Republicans voting with their Democrat colleagues to block a Trump-supported effort to defund the rogue National Endowment for Democracy (NED), which was defined as a […] ...
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 ...
Democrats are employing the filibuster after instances of Republican "previous question" motions ending debate.
The relationship between Senate Republicans and Democrats soured in 2025 after the Republican majority cut off debate and ...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Wednesday he’s open to changes to the Senate filibuster, but stopped short of endorsing President Donald Trump’s call to eliminate it to end the ...
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'Senate Republicans are hiding behind the filibuster': Hakeem Jeffries calls out the GOP for refusing to extend ACA tax credits, save healthcare
During a press conference today, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) calls out Senate Majority Leader John Thune ...
Fairly or unfairly, the majority party pays dearly in the midterms, then ultimately loses the presidency in 2028. GOP senators shrug their shoulders and complain about how powerless they were against ...
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