In the mid-’60s, when he was active in the National Right to Work Committee, Newton says he helped Thurmond and Everett Dirksen avoid answering nature’s call during filibusters by giving them ...

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LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - In a session marked by hot button issues, divisiveness and weeks long filibusters, senators stand by the work done over the last 90 days. “I would say it’s probably one of the ...

A Senate showdown is averted with a deal that preserves filibusters against federal judicial nominees in exchange for up-or-down votes on several of President Bush's disputed nominees. Voting is set ...

Call it “nuclear” if you are a Democrat or “constitutional” if you are a Republican, but either way a big change is coming in Senate rules on the confirmation of judicial nominees. This change is born ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade has pushed abortion access and rights to the forefront of news cycles, but nine years ago around this same time, the topic was also being ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats overwhelmed outnumbered Republicans and pushed a pair of President Barack Obama’s high-profile nominees through the Senate on Tuesday, the first to win confirmation since ...