The U.S. Senate has been dysfunctional for decades. There has been a lack of debate on bills thanks to procedural tactics used by the leadership of both parties that marginalized rank-and-file members ...

Honest proponents of the Talking Filibuster Quagmire will admit that it’s not just “applying the rules” but would actually require some rule changes to succeed. They simply dispute that these small ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said “there aren’t anywhere close to the votes” needed to change the Senate’s filibuster rule to allow Republican-sponsored legislation to reform voter ...

The plan is a nonstarter for most GOP senators, who have warned of a monthslong suck of precious floor time and rippling implications from changing the fabric of the chamber’s procedure. “The talking ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., says doesn't have the votes to abolish the filibuster, which President Donald Trump has called for. WASHINGTON — Republicans are on the brink of an internal ...

Time is not fungible. The time you spend reading this column cannot be "reclaimed." It is gone and it won’t be back. Which is why the "talking filibuster" proposal for the United States Senate is such ...