Filibuster

During an appearance on this week’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) argued against abolishing the 60-vote filibuster in the U.S. Senate.

Kentucky Senate Republican candidates Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) and former state Attorney General Daniel Cameron have refused to back President Donald Trump’s call to scrap the Senate filibuster, while businessman Nate Morris endorsed the president’s move.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) responded to a question on his past support for abolishing the filibuster by saying that “We don’t need a procedural fix at this point.” Host Dana Bash asked, “One

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) responded to his past advocacy for eliminating the filibuster by saying that “I think, right now, we should maintain the filibuster.” And the filibuster is supposed to make the

President Donald Trump pushed for the nuclear option to fund the government on Tuesday, day 35 of the Democrat-led government shutdown. 

On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) argued that the government shutdown is the fault of Republicans because they’re in charge of the House, Senate, and White House and said that “if they want the votes

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that Republicans “need Democratic votes” to end the government shutdown “because of the filibuster,” and he still wants to eliminate the filibuster like he did back in 2021

President Donald Trump called on Senate Republicans to “initiate the nuclear option” and end the filibuster as the government shutdown continues with no end in sight.

On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) said that Republicans should have killed the filibuster to go around Democratic opposition on the government shutdown and they “should work with Democrats, and if they won’t,

On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) stated that while abolishing the filibuster isn’t on the table for Republicans, they are discussing “a nuclear option that goes into effect when we go into a shutdown that

On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) discussed the government shutdown and stated that he thinks that the U.S. Senate “Absolutely” should eliminate the filibuster and let Republicans pass a bill to re-open the government on a

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) said that if the government shutdown continues, “I would advocate to my colleagues, let’s make this a Republican-only vote, let’s re-open the government, let’s reform health

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that Republicans can just eliminate the filibuster to pass legislation to end the government shutdown without Democrats, and doing so “would make this country function

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) argued that the shutdown is the fault of Republicans because they can just change the rules to get around Democrats filibustering. Host Lawrence O’Donnell said, “[O]n the Senate

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) argued that Republicans can avoid a government shutdown by themselves because “They can get rid of the filibuster” in order to keep the government open, but they can’t expect

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) responded to questions on Democrats using the filibuster to block legislation to prevent a government shutdown by stating that “The filibuster has been used to block civil rights legislation

The Texas Senate passed the “Big Beautiful Map” shortly after midnight Saturday morning. The party-line vote to approve the map came after a planned filibuster by Senator Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) was canceled by Republican senators using a parliamentary procedure.

In anonymous comments to Axios, two disgruntled House Democrats grumbled about Jeffries leaving his colleagues in the dark about his plans to essentially filibuster the passage of President Donald Trump’s agenda through the budget reconciliation bill.

Hakeem Jeffries has long portrayed the Senate filibuster as an obstacle to progress and repeatedly called for its elimination but now he is invoking his own version of procedural delay by using the House’s ‘magic minute’ to stall a final vote on the One Big Beautiful bill.

The Senate parliamentarian on Sunday ruled that eight more provisions of the Big Beautiful Bill cannot pass through the chamber without 60 votes.

The Senate Parliamentarian on Saturday ruled that the Big Beautiful Bill’s provisions limiting funding for sanctuary cities and restraining federal courts’ ability to issue preliminary injunctions cannot be included in Trump’s landmark legislation without a 60-vote majority.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) will be cashing in on his record-setting filibuster with his new book, Stand, set to hit shelves in November.

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Briefing,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) stated that Democrats “should have gotten rid of the filibuster when we had control,” and she’s now concerned Republicans will bypass the filibuster to make changes on immigration in

Nearly 90 percent of Republican voters approve of Senate Republicans’ feverish work to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominees, according to a poll exclusively obtained by Breitbart News.

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said that if 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris is elected and Democrats control both chambers of Congress, Harris should “suspend or eliminate

Vice President Kamala Harris called for eliminating the Senate filibuster during a Wednesday CNN town hall.

Several Senate Democrats are joining Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in her call to end the filibuster in order to pass legislation that would federalize abortion and wipe out pro-life state laws.

Democrats are debating over Vice President Kamala Harris’s latest stance against the filibuster after she demanded to end it in order to codify abortion rights, with some notable senators warning that if “you change it for one thing, you change it for everything.”

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) backed 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris’ call to eliminate the filibuster over abortion and stated that while there aren’t the votes to do

Kamala Harris expressed her desire to end the Senate filibuster this week, a total reversal from her 2017 pledge.

Two pro-abortion rights Senators turned on Vice President and Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris over her call to end the filibuster to codify protections for almost unrestricted abortion.

Kamala Harris called to end the filibuster over abortion, a move that has far greater implications for the balance of power in the U.S.

National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) chairman Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) warned in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News last month that the Democrats have “radical” power-grabbing plans for the United States if they hold the majority in the upper chamber of Congress.

Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Monday on MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports” that if the Democrats win majorities in Congress and the White House, they will ditch the filibuster to legalize abortion nationwide.

Democrats are calling a Nebraska Republican proposal to return the state to a winner-take-all electoral vote system as a “threat to democracy” – despite all other states but Nebraska and Maine allocating votes via that method.E