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Experts told Newsweek that the party's attempt to fast-track Trump's budget could hold long-term consequences for Senate ...
For those of you who like live legislative action to play from your TV or smartphone as background noise to whatever you're ...
I'm personally happy that the filibuster has never been introduced in the House of Representatives. Not because of the fact ...
In an effort to more painlessly pass Trump’s wildly unpopular tax and spending bill, Republicans are pushing for a creative ...
The Democratic minority leader used his unlimited talking time to set back Republicans' vote timeline but didn't ultimately ...
MAGA supporters seized on a years-old tweet from Hakeem Jeffries as he attempted to delay the vote on Trump’s sprawling Big ...
By skirting the Senate parliamentarian’s power to police the boundaries of reconciliation bills, the GOP is putting the ...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke for 8 hours and 44 minutes on Thursday, delaying final passage of Republicans' ...
There’s likely to be a second and third reconciliation bill that would not be as significant” as the megabill that passed ...
At least two Republicans said they were unaware of provisions in the bill they oppose, while Freedom Caucus demanded steeper ...
What is the filibuster? The filibuster is a 19th-century procedural rule in the Senate that allows any one senator to block or delay action on a bill or other matter by extending debate.
A filibuster is a practice whereby any lawmaker can stall action by extending debate or using other tactics. Such strategies are as old as representative democracy – in 60 B.C., ...