As the SAVE Act debate begins, understand the Senate filibuster, the 60-vote rule that stands in its way, and why it's so ...

Senate Republicans have for weeks been debating the use of the “talking filibuster” to guarantee the passage of the SAVE ...

Senate Republicans could use a talking filibuster to try to pass the SAVE America Act, but Majority Leader John Thune has ...

The ongoing federal government shutdown is poised to break the record for longest shutdown in the history of the United States, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed or forced to ...

Nebraska’s two Republican U.S. senators might be split on weakening the Senate filibuster as Senate leadership tries to cool ...

President Donald Trump again attacked the filibuster on Friday, listing sweeping policy changes and dangling the prospect of midterm election victories his party could secure if Senate Republicans ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Trump is trying to pressure Republicans to take the "nuclear option" and end the filibuster to work around Senate ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday that the Senate will consider a bill to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements in elections, but says “the votes aren’t there” to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday that the Senate will consider a bill to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements in elections, but says "the votes aren't there" to ...