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 ...

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

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said “there aren’t anywhere close to the votes” needed to change the Senate’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

The SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections, has passed the House but faces an uphill ...

President Trump urged Republicans to get rid of the Senate filibuster rule and move swiftly to pass voter reform after Tuesday’s Democratic sweep in key state races across the U.S. In a series of ...

I hate to agree with President Donald Trump, but why do we put up with the 60-vote requirement (aka filibuster) for most votes in the Senate? Last year’s election in the U.K. shows that with the ...