WASHINGTON – Several Senate Democrats from swing states joined with Republicans Friday to clear the final hurdle to passing ...

A final vote in the Senate is likely to be on Jan. 20, when Donald Trump is sworn in as president. The Laken Riley Act would ...

Debates over the filibuster tend to get theoretical fast. It’s there to protect minority interests, defenders say. Without it, majorities will run rampant. Lost in the back-and-forth is the reality ...

The filibuster’s power came into question once again on Thursday, as the rules committee convened to discuss a handful of ...

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) will promise to maintain the filibuster on Friday afternoon in his first speech as Senate majority ...

The Senate gaveled in on Friday and officially came under Republican control, with newly elected Majority Leader John Thune ...

Republicans are set to take total control of Congress and the White House and there’s excitement around getting to achieve ...

The Senate debate over the immigration crackdown bill has dragged on as Democrats seek amendments from reluctant GOP leaders, ...

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, opened the two-year Senate session Friday with a vow to keep the filibuster. The filibuster is a controversial legislative tactic ...

Nebraska lawmakers will consider 25 proposed legislative rules changes Thursday, including proposals that would make it ...

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) in his first prepared address as Senate majority leader says “preserving” the filibuster will be one of his top priorities, making an early move to quash any talk of ...

But doing so likely would require votes to break Senate rules concerning what sorts of measures are or aren’t subject to the filibuster, the upper chamber’s effective 60-vote threshold to pass ...