A Democratic leader who once likened the filibuster to Jim Crow policies that enforced racial segregation backtracked on ...

The new Senate Republican majority is promising to leave the filibuster alone — even if it stands in the way of the Trump ...

That procedural tool? The filibuster, which requires 60 voters for the Senate to pass most legislation—except for judicial ...

U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the Democrat who represents most of Seattle, has long been a proponent of ending the filibuster as ...

Speaking at a press conference with the Congressional Progressive Caucus on Monday, Jayapal was asked how she weighed her ...

Two years ago, Democrats nearly toppled the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation. But with an incoming Republican ...

"The filibuster will stand,” Mitch McConnell said. Is that good news or bad news for Democrats? The answer might not be ...

Am I championing getting rid of the filibuster now when the Senate has the trifecta? No,” the chairwoman of the Congressional ...

For all the drama generated every four years by Cabinet appointments, defeat of a nominee by a vote in the Senate is ...

Seattle congresswoman and Squad grandmother U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal is doing what she does best: backtracking on her ...