Nevertheless, some Republicans are still calling on Thune to reinstate the “talking filibuster,” where senators who oppose a ...

Some Senate Republicans are rejecting the possibility of invoking a little-known tactic to pass the SAVE America Act — despite ...

The plan is a nonstarter for most GOP senators, who have warned of a monthslong suck of precious floor time and rippling ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thune: ‘Not even close’ to enough votes to change filibuster rule to enact voting reform Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.

Republicans and Democrats have been guilty of attempting to abolish the filibuster when they held power. The truth is that the filibuster is merely a Senate procedure to shut off debate that has ...

Democrats say they expect growing demands to change the filibuster rules later this month when the battle over voting rights heads to the Senate floor, hoping that the pressure will be enough to ...

Much of the AFA has made it through the House but has been halted in the Senate. America's very notion of governance has always been that the majority is to lead. By requiring 60 votes, a ...