Perspective: The Senate rule Trump hates may be sparing him something costlier than defeat on the SAVE America Act.

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday night failed to change the filibuster rule to allow voting rights legislation to pass with a simple majority. The rule change would have required 51 votes to pass ...

Vice President Kamala Harris said she supports changing the Senate filibuster rule to return nationwide access to abortions. In an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio on Tuesday, Harris said the ...

Donald Trump has warned that he will be the 'last Republican president' unless GOP senators scrap the Senate filibuster, ...

After pushing through one of the most significant rule changes in Senate history, Majority Leader Harry Reid struck a solemn tone: “This is not a time for celebration.” But behind closed doors in a ...

Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., seemed to give conflicting answers about what to do about the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster rule during a wide-ranging Senate Democratic primary debate Thursday. “The ...

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Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson urged his colleagues to use the reconciliation process to fund DHS for the rest of President Trump's term if they aren't willing to change the Senate's filibuster ...

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Sounds like the odds are long, but if a change does come, here’s how it will go down: When the Senate returns on Tuesday, it will still technically be in the first legislative day of the session, ...