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U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema warned that eliminating the Senate filibuster would be a “devolution” and a “danger to our dear democracy” during her farewell address, giving one final defense of ...

“When holding political power, and feeling the hunger and pressure for an immediate partisan win, it is easy to view the legislative filibuster as a weapon of obstruction,” Sinema said to an ...

Much of the fall sitting was dominated in the House of Commons by a filibuster on a Conservative privilege motion related to misspending at a now-defunct green technology fund. This has stalled ...

He called the explanation of filibusters causing the delay a “lame excuse” and described it as further evidence of governmental incompetence. Moody predicted the deficit would exceed earlier estimates ...

Momentum for a global deal to tackle global plastic pollution stalled this month in South Korea, after a small group of oil-producing countries held out against over 100 pushing for an ambitious ...

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON (CN) — With less than a year before voters return to the ballot box for the 2022 midterms, Democrats are scrambling to revive legislation aimed at expanding ...

At the opening of the 85th Congress in January 1957, Vice President Richard M. Nixon offered two advisory opinions in response to parliamentary inquiries from a group of senators intent on amending ...

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That procedural tool? The filibuster, which requires 60 voters for the Senate to pass most legislation—except for judicial nominations and some budget bills. The filibuster rule, those House ...