The federal government shutdown has become the longest in U.S. history as Senate works rare Friday session seeking bipartisan ...

The filibuster, a long-standing Senate rule, allows a single senator to block most legislation unless 60 senators vote to cut off debate. Democrats have used the filibuster to block Republicans’ ...

The president is a Republican. The Senate and the House of Representatives have Republican majorities. Even the Supreme Court ...

US President Donald Trump on Friday once again Trump called for Republicans to abolish the Senate's 60-vote filibuster ...

Over 1 million federal workers have not received a paycheck, even though as many as 737,000 have continued to work through ...

Republicans now have a choice: do they actively speak out against what Trump is doing or do they double down?' ...

The administration’s decision to cancel thousands of flights shows that the GOP only knows how to create chaos and suffering.

Asked whether Republicans should make any concessions to Democrats to end the shutdown, now in it's 37th day, Trump again put ...

We could do some things on health care,” the Senate Budget chair said. “We can do some things on policy, taxes and spending.” ...

The filibuster is one of the last remaining protections against the tyranny of the majority. Enacted in 1917, it is designed to ensure adequate deliberation in lawmaking. While the U.S. House is a ...

President Donald Trump again called on Republican senators to end the filibuster this month, a pitch he has made many times ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told fellow Republicans Thursday to be prepared to vote Friday on the bill to open the ...