In 2013, the then-­majority Democrats in the Senate, under the leadership of Sen. Harry Reid, changed U.S. Senate rules regarding the filibuster to eliminate it, but only for approving presidential ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) has been speaking on the Senate floor for nearly 20 hours, warning that “tyranny has arrived” in America as the government shutdown stretches into its fourth week. His ...

I usually agree with President Trump, but Republicans should not do away with the filibuster. The Republicans would be very short-sighted to do this. Now the Republicans control the House, the Senate ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is using a lengthy filibuster speech to criticize President Donald Trump as Senate Democrats utilize the procedural tool to block passage of a GOP-backed measure to open the ...

President Donald Trump urged Republicans to “terminate the filibuster” to enact sweeping conservative policies and prevent Democrats from winning future elections — framing the Senate rule as the only ...

President Donald Trump isn’t dropping his quest to eliminate the filibuster. That’s going to get complicated for Senate Republicans in an election year. The president’s fixation with undoing the ...

President Donald Trump returned to Washington at midday Nov. 9 after a Palm Beach County weekend sojourn in which he frequently lashed out on his social-media platform. Despite the slew of commentary, ...