WASHINGTON -- The filibuster -- used this week by Republican Sen. Rand Paul to oppose John Brennan's nomination as CIA director -- is a parliamentary tactic used to block or delay legislative action.

Senate Republicans have for weeks been debating the use of the “talking filibuster” to guarantee the passage of the SAVE America Act in the upper chamber, after President Donald Trump called the ...

As House Republicans and Senate firebrands increase pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to pass the SAVE Act voter ID bill through a talking filibuster, public awareness of the issue is low, ...

Frustrated by the ongoing government shutdown, President Donald Trump has repeatedly called on Senate Republicans to go for the “nuclear option” and get rid of the filibuster in recent days. “It is ...

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Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee spoke with FNC's Maria Bartiromo on "Sunday Morning Futures" about the procedures the Senate will go through next week to pass the "SAVE Act" requiring voter ID and ...

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“Republicans, you will rue the day that you didn’t TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER!!! BE TOUGH, BE SMART, AND WIN!!! This is much bigger than the Shutdown, this is the survival of our Country!” 2 Despite ...

Sen. Ron Johnson says Republicans should end the Senate filibuster, blaming Democrats for the DHS funding deadlock and ongoing government shutdown.

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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 Republicans appear to be warming to an extreme measure to overcome Democrat obstruction—the “nuclear option” of overriding the 60-vote threshold required to bring a bill to a final vote. “My ...