In the second scenario, Republicans manage to find their long-lost spines and do away with the Senate filibuster altogether.

There are no saviors or happy endings in politics—just a grueling, soul-sucking, forever war of attrition. Everyone in power ...

As the latest and longest government shutdown enters its denouement, Congress will be left to tally the costs and repair the damage. One thing to be thankful for: The filibuster, the procedural oddity ...

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), a close ally of President Trump, is predicting that Senate Democrats could shut down the government four or five more times if Republicans don’t change the Senate’s ...

As the latest and longest government shutdown enters its denouement, Congress will be left to tally the costs and repair the damage. One thing to be thankful for: The filibuster, the procedural oddity ...

President Trump wanted the Senate to end the filibuster, but the GOP leadership in the chamber cut a deal with centrist Democrats instead.

Ohio Senator Jon Husted as Presiding Officer announces the vote on a motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to a ...

One of the only concessions the Senate Democrats got in return after the longest shutdown in US history was a promise to vote ...

Gov. Kay Ivey today continued a Thanksgiving tradition that Alabama governors have carried on since 1949, issuing a “pardon” ...

In a breakthrough late Sunday (local time), the US Senate advanced a funding bill after weeks of gridlock between the ...

Whether he secretly encouraged the deal to end the shutdown or was too weak to stop it, he needs to take the fall to keep ...