WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans used a filibuster Friday to block a Democratic bill to launch a bipartisan probe of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. It was the first time under new President Joe ...

Representative Byron Donalds ( R-FL) urged the U.S. Senate to eliminate the filibuster as concerns of a second government shutdown at the end of January loom, calling it "destructive" in a recent ...

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 ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is on a collision course with President Donald Trump over nixing a longstanding legislative tool to end the 36-day government shutdown. Thune, who pledged to defend ...

As Republicans and Democrats battle for the upper hand in the federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump has zeroed in on a new target for potentially breaking the deadlock: eliminating the ...

President Donald Trump and Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent urged an end to the Senate filibuster rule ahead of an anticipated budget battle in January.

Frustrated by the ongoing government shutdown, President Donald Trump has repeatedly called on Senate Republicans to go for the “nuclear option” and get rid of the filibuster in recent days. “It is ...

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds is now calling for the elimination of the Senate filibuster. Donalds' current stance is a reversal from his 2022 position when he supported keeping the filibuster. The ...

CONTINUATION FROM A HEARING OCTOBER 1ST. THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS NOW THE LONGEST IN U.S. HISTORY, AT 36 DAYS. PRESIDENT TRUMP AGAIN TODAY REITERATING HIS DESIRE FOR THE U.S. SENATE TO GET RID OF ...

The most extended government shutdown in U.S. history has revived a familiar argument: The Senate’s filibuster is to blame for congressional paralysis. It’s a compelling narrative with a convenient ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) doubled down on his support for the Senate filibuster, even as President Trump has pushed the upper chamber to use the so-called nuclear option to forgo it and reopen the ...

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 ...