WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is pushing Senate Republicans to abolish the 60-vote filibuster rule in order to reopen the shuttered government without Democratic votes ...

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said if Democrats regain the Senate, they must scuttle the filibuster if they hope to succeed. Speaking on a Friday episode of the Nobody Knows Anything podcast, Murphy ...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday night failed to change the filibuster rule to allow voting rights legislation to pass with a simple majority. The rule change would have required 51 votes to pass ...

It’s a scenario that has played out repeatedly for decades in the Senate: A narrow majority, intent on getting its way on legislation it prioritizes, is held back by the filibuster, and threatens to ...

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Tuesday his conference does not have enough votes to bypass the filibuster to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act. “The ...