While U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) campaigned on eliminating the filibuster in 2022, now he says he's for it. Here's why ...

Some days you sit down to write a column and realize all the ideas you have are going to piss a large section of the audience off. At that point, you have a choice to either pick one and plow ahead, ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is on a collision course with President Donald Trump over nixing a longstanding legislative tool to end the 36-day government shutdown. Thune, who pledged to defend ...

FIGHTING THE GOVERNMENT-CLOSING DEMOCRATIC FILIBUSTER. In the last week or so, there have been two conflicting interpretations of what is going on among the Senate Democrats who are using the ...

TPM Reader TB dropped me a note this afternoon about today’s second post. He liked it. Then he wrote ...

I’ve explained why the “talking filibuster” will lead Republicans into a quagmire. I’ve also answered objections to that argument and explained why Harry Reid’s actions in 2013 show how even modest ...

On this week’s episode, Jay and Sean continue their focus on the Senate. In particular, they talk about the formation, history, and modern uses of the filibuster. Our hosts explain the rationale for ...

Pressure is building on Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to scrap the filibuster in order to pass President Trump's voting regulation agenda, known as the SAVE America Act. The filibuster is ...

WASHINGTON – In 2021, Democrats in the nation’s capital seized a rare opportunity. The party controlled the “trifecta” of the House, Senate and White House, so they passed a sweeping election-reform ...