Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The filibuster is a Senate rule that requires 60 of its 100 members to pass most legislation. Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CNN’s Early Start on Tuesday aired Kennedy speaking to reporters, including Raju, explaining that he told Trump his job as a ...

Sen. Mike Lee, Utah Republican and the bill’s lead sponsor, gave a presentation to his Republican colleagues last week in ...

Amid the U.S. government shutdown, which has stretched into its second month, President Donald Trump is ramping up the pressure on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster—an action commonly known ...

Republicans and Democrats have been guilty of attempting to abolish the filibuster when they held power. The truth is that the filibuster is merely a Senate procedure to shut off debate that has ...

Why the "talking filibuster" proposal would waste precious Senate floor time and hurt both parties. A warning about changing Senate rules.

Lawmakers consider changing filibuster rules to end shutdown Senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram joins ‘Saturday in America’ to explain how lawmakers could alter filibuster rules for ...