Populist Republicans have launched what is likely a doomed attack on the Senate filibuster, the long-standing tradition that ...

There will come a time when we will all be gone,” Harry Reid wrote in 2008, “and the institutions that we now serve will be ...

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on his way to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. AP There are no saviors or happy endings in politics — just a grueling, soul-sucking, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Unsurprisingly, there has been maximum political theater from both sides of the aisle, leading up to and during the current government shutdown. Hopefully, by the time this is published, an agreement ...

At least two Republican senators who resisted nuking the Senate filibuster in 2025 might take a different tack in 2026. “It’s something I’m giving serious consideration to now,” Kansas Sen. Roger ...