“TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER,” President Donald Trump recently urged Senate Republicans in a Truth Social post, echoing a position often associated with progressives. As both a veteran and an everyday ...

For months, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) has resisted pressure from President Donald Trump to get rid of the filibuster, the long-standing rule that requires 60 votes to advance ...

Pressure is building on Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to scrap the filibuster in order to pass President Trump's voting regulation agenda, known as the SAVE America Act. The filibuster is ...

Donald Trump—juggling a war that shows more signs every week of dragging on far longer than he imagined, a nation of enraged air travelers, and a day of protests against him that was the largest of ...

Populist Republicans have launched what is likely a doomed attack on the Senate filibuster, the long-standing tradition that requires 60 out of 100 votes in the upper chamber to pass most legislation.

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) said Wednesday she would “absolutely support” ending the filibuster in the Senate after winning the Democratic nomination to replace longtime Sen. Dick Durbin (D ...

The SAVE Act is coming up for a Senate vote soon, having passed the House back in February. On Tuesday, it cleared its first hurdle, advancing a motion to begin debate on a 51-48 vote that fell mostly ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Some days you sit down to write a column and realize all the ideas you have are going to piss a large section of the audience off. At that point, you have a choice to either pick one and plow ahead, ...

The Issue: Sen. John Cornyn calling for Republican support to end the filibuster to pass the voter-ID law. I have never been a huge fan of Sen. John Cornyn, but his stock has risen considerably after ...

Senate Republicans have for weeks been debating the use of the “talking filibuster” to guarantee the passage of the SAVE America Act in the upper chamber, after President Donald Trump called the ...