(CNN) — When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom whereby a supermajority of 60 votes is required to pass ...

That means preserving the legislative filibuster — the Senate rule that ... says it carried out its 'largest attack' on Russian military facilities with missiles and drones NFL News: Baker ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The filibuster’s power came into question once again on Thursday, as the rules committee convened to discuss a handful of changes to the 109th Legislature. The filibuster ...

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 ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had suggested that if Democrats held the upper chamber and White House in the election that his party could abolish the filibuster, a move that moderate ...

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) will promise to maintain the filibuster on Friday afternoon in his first speech as Senate majority leader. “One of my priorities as leader will be to ensure that the ...