Debates over the filibuster tend to get theoretical fast. It’s there to protect minority interests, defenders say. Without it, majorities will run rampant. Lost in the back-and-forth is the reality ...

It was a hell of a show. No doubt about that. Twelve hours and 52 minutes. And Rand Paul, the junior senator from Kentucky, was not alone in his marathon filibuster. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the ...

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) in his first prepared address as Senate majority leader says “preserving” the filibuster will be one of his top priorities, making an early move to quash any talk of ...

But in a sign of her style to come (along with the ... Joe Manchin (I-WV) to block elimination of the filibuster, and with it, Democrats’ hopes for enacting legislation on voting and LGBTQ+ ...

There’s talk in the nation’s capital of blowing up the Senate filibuster to pass GOP immigration policies. Don’t do it, Republicans.

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his first floor speech as leader that his priority ...

defended her support for the filibuster — something that has blocked progressive legislation — in her farewell speech, delivered December 18. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign ...