The claim: Democrats held the nation’s longest filibuster for 75 days to attempt to prevent the passing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. When senators want to put the brakes on legislation, they talk.

The most extended government shutdown in U.S. history has revived a familiar argument: The Senate’s filibuster is to blame for congressional paralysis. It’s a compelling narrative with a convenient ...

President Donald Trump called for the Senate to eliminate the filibuster on Friday, sharing an op-ed from his Treasury Secretary making the case. “It’s time to end the filibuster,” Trump posted to his ...

A Judicial Coup in Utah: A Response to Andy McCarthy Audio By Carbonatix Proponents of the “talking filibuster” quagmire like to point to the success of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as evidence that ...

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul stood up shortly before noon Wednesday and announced his intention to filibuster President Barack Obama's nomination of John Brennan to lead the CIA. "I will speak until I can ...

In 1965, Reverend Martin Luther King Junior led 25,000 people to the Alabama state capitol in Montgomery.

The most extended government shutdown in U.S. history has revived a familiar argument: The Senate's filibuster is to blame for congressional paralysis. It's a compelling narrative with a convenient ...