When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom ...

Democrats have fallen back in love with the filibuster. Mere weeks into President Trump’s second term, Senate Democrats are already making liberal use of the obstructive maneuver, flying in the face ...

在美国的政治体系中，‘Filibuster’一词代表了一种特殊的议事阻碍手段，通过冗长的辩论和演讲来拖延或阻碍立法程序。如今，我们来详细探讨这一政治现象及其对美国政治的广泛影响。 Filibuster源于西班牙语的‘filibustero’，意指‘海盗’。在美国国会，这一术语则演变为立法者为阻碍议案进程而采取的辩论策略。虽然这一策略可以被视为一种保护少数派权益的工具，但它的使用也常常引发热烈的争论 ...

Second, the two parties are perhaps farther apart than ever in their ideas about appropriate spending levels for this or that ...

The filibuster is a procedural, not constitutional, requirement and can be changed. It’s been on the Senate books since 1917, but the facts of the matter are more complicated.

The Senate plans to debate and vote on the confirmation of Kash Patel Thursday to further the process of confirming President ...

Then, at 11:18 a.m., Sen. Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat, took to the Senate floor and started what she hoped would be a 13-hour filibuster of the abortion bill. If Davis managed to keep the ...

Senate Republicans finally pushed through their blueprint for the first phase of President Donald Trump's legislative agenda ...

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul staged a nearly 13-hour filibusterblocking Senate confirmation of John Brennan, President Obama's ...

The clock is ticking on the 2017 Tax Act; will Trump extend the measure’s tax reductions before the December 31 expiration?

LINCOLN - In his latest legislative column, State Sen. Bob Hallstrom says his bill involving Uber and DoorDash drivers was ...

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