Senate Republicans on Wednesday fired the opening salvo in the battle to implement President Trump’s agenda by advancing a budget resolution focused on immigration and military priorities, putting ...

The courts may continue to intervene, as some already have, and it is likely that the administration will often lose in those ...

The House Budget Committee adopted a budget resolution Thursday as GOP leaders work to unlock the power to enact major ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including budget resolutions and retirements.

House GOP leaders overcame an important hurdle Thursday morning after cutting a deal with Freedom Caucus holdouts on a budget ...

Last month, Senate Democrats used the filibuster to block sanctions on the International Criminal Court, in response to the ...

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom whereby a supermajority of 60 votes is required to pass legislation.

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators ...

Republicans are claiming that the bill should be seen as a narrow fiscal matter, meaning that it could bypass the Senate filibuster and become law more easily. “Using Medicaid funds for unproven ...

This is overcoming the filibuster. To get to that final confirmation, two senators that we expected to vote no voted no on cloture, and that was Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski. And both of them ...

Senate Republicans failed on Wednesday to invoke cloture on a bill legislating care for infants “born alive” during attempted abortions, with the motion largely serving to get Democrats on the ...