A Democratic leader who once likened the filibuster to Jim Crow policies that enforced racial segregation backtracked on ...

Two years ago, Democrats nearly toppled the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation. But with an incoming Republican ...

Democrats don't have to look back far into history to see how getting rid of the legislative filibuster would work out. In ...

The new Senate Republican majority is promising to leave the filibuster alone — even if it stands in the way of the Trump ...

Staff Writer Denise Perez argues that the filibuster requires reform as it has evolved into a tool of obstruction for ...

Progressive House Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) admitted her desire to see senators abolish the filibuster was a ...

U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the Democrat who represents most of Seattle, has long been a proponent of ending the filibuster as ...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal defended her apparent flip-flop on abolishing the filibuster now that Republicans are taking over Congress.

Seattle congresswoman and Squad grandmother U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal is doing what she does best: backtracking on her ...

"The filibuster will stand,” Mitch McConnell said. Is that good news or bad news for Democrats? The answer might be ...

The outgoing Republican leader suggested the Senate GOP would reject any push by Trump to change Senate rules.

That procedural tool? The filibuster, which requires 60 voters for the Senate to pass most legislation—except for judicial ...