As the SAVE Act debate begins, understand the Senate filibuster, the 60-vote rule that stands in its way, and why it's so ...

I hate the SAVE America Act. But in the long run, the demise of the Senate filibuster would be great for liberalism—and it ...

Washington dysfunction is usually explained as a failure of people. The wrong politicians. Too partisan. Too extreme. Too unwilling to compromise. That’s comforting. But it’s also wrong. The deeper ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Republicans and Democrats have been guilty of attempting to abolish the filibuster when they held power. The truth is, the filibuster is merely a Senate procedure to shut off debate that has existed ...

Republicans are trying to ram through Trump’s latest attack on voting rights. If they have to abolish the filibuster to do it, fine.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting at the White House on Friday. - Aaron Schwartz ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump careened into the weekend with no sign of abandoning his futile “kill the filibuster” strategy to end the ...

Senators are sticking around Washington this weekend after a busy week on the Hill highlighted partisan divides, intraparty ...

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was the only Republican who broke with his party and voted no on the test vote to break a filibuster on the deal to reopen the government. Paul voted nay because he wanted a ...

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 ...