John Cornyn is a fine senator, and we wish him well in his bid for reelection. In the midst of his hotly contested primary runoff against Ken Paxton, Cornyn argues in a New York Post op-ed for ...
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What is a filibuster?

A filibuster is an attempt to delay or block a vote on a piece of legislation or confirmation in the Senate. When the Senate ...
Republicans in the U.S. Senate are under increasing pressure from President Donald Trump to pass the SAVE (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility) America Act, and while the legislation to ensure only U ...
In 2022, Democratic senators proposed modifying the rules of the filibuster to require the initiating party to talk through the remainder of a filibuster period. However, opposition from former Sens.
Sen. Thom Tillis on Thursday blasted talk of ending the Senate filibuster to pass the “SAVE America Act” as a “foolish and lazy idea” and warned his party that pushing the president’s priority through ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thune Warns Filibuster Could Open Door To Epstein Bombshells Image by John Thune @johnthuneX Senate Majority Leader John Thune ...
Republican President Calvin Cooledge (1923-29) once said, “It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.” That statement is as true today as it was then. Maybe even more so, ...
The President urges the GOP to nuke the Senate's 60-vote rule now, even as Fetterman flips and says Democrats were wrong about the filibuster. Plus Maine nominates Troy Jackson and Michigan's Abdul El ...
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman has reversed his position on eliminating the Senate filibuster. During his 2022 campaign, Fetterman advocated for abolishing the filibuster to help pass legislation. Fetterman ...
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Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., seemed to give conflicting answers about what to do about the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster rule during a wide-ranging Senate Democratic primary debate Thursday. “The ...