The Senate nears another "nuclear" showdown as Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., channels the tactics of leadership past in ...

In using the nuclear option, John Thune has turned a Senate precedent on its head, defying his reputation as an ...

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune is very wrong to weaken the Senate’s historic filibuster procedure — which allows ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune plans to use a 'nuclear option' parliamentary maneuver to expedite confirmation of about 40 ...

Under Senate rules, only a senator who voted on the winning side of a roll call can request that the chamber reconsider the ...

CHAIRMAN REED TAKES THE GAVEL: Minority Leader Mitch McConnell dropped his demand that Democrats agree to give up their power to change Senate rules to end the filibuster, which now clears the way for ...

Rand Paul: "I've never filed for earmarks and never will. Kentuckians deserve transparency, not trillion-dollar bills stuffed ...