Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The filibuster is a Senate rule that requires 60 of its 100 members to pass most legislation. Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in ...

Why the "talking filibuster" proposal would waste precious Senate floor time and hurt both parties. A warning about changing Senate rules.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D- Nev.), said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday that Democrats needed to change Senate procedure and remove a 60-vote threshold for President Barack Obama's ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seemingly frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats' unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President Donald Trump is once again demanding that the Senate ...

Democrats united on Tuesday afternoon to block the Senate from debating Republican-led legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security, escalating a fight that could end in a partial ...

In 2013, the then-­majority Democrats in the Senate, under the leadership of Sen. Harry Reid, changed U.S. Senate rules regarding the filibuster to eliminate it, but only for approving presidential ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seemingly frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats’ unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President Donald Trump is once again demanding that the Senate ...

Seemingly frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats' unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President Donald Trump is once again demanding that the Senate eliminate the ...