Filibuster

An engaged progressive movement, tired of being ignored, is putting pressure on Democrats to reject Trump's agenda.

With Gorsuch on the bench, people of color, women and unions will see their hard-earned rights undermined.

Progressives now have more power within the Democratic Party, which activists must push to be more militant.

Senate Democrats took the chamber floor for a nearly 15-hour filibuster for stricter gun control legislation.

It took the Senate a few decades to feel the full force of its mistake.

Three months after Senate Democrats reformed the filibuster rules for executive and judicial nominees, Senate obstruction continues in new forms.

Some believe the diminished filibuster will encourage presidents to nominate more controversial candidates. For nominees, the rules change will certainly mean quicker approval.

The Senate voted on Thursday to eliminate the use of the filibuster against most presidential nominees, a move that will break the Republican blockade of President Obamau2019s picks to …

On Tuesday, Senator Ted Cruz took the floor of the Senate to launch an all-night phony filibuster, and more.

This wasn't a filibuster fight. It was a fight over fundamental principles of democracy and the role of government in society.