Images: AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly Chuck Schumer responds nearby to our recent editorial on his plans to ditch the Senate’s legislative filibuster, and we’re happy to give the ...

Stefani Reynolds Getty Images I’ve been writing about ... In addition to shifting the balance of power away from the legislative branch, the filibuster has led to some warped lawmaking.

And while the legislative ... to the filibuster, though. In 2013, Democrats voted to allow a simple majority to end debate on presidential appointments to the executive branch and lower-level ...

Image: Getty A notable fact about the Democratic ... Now Elizabeth Warren says that Democrats will also eliminate the legislative filibuster to make the Senate more like the House.

It’s unlikely, but if Republicans overrule the Senate parliamentarian on scoring tax cuts or what qualifies for the BBB, it ...

Caesar jailed Cato at one point and then thought better of it; the consul released Cato, learned a few legislative ... us with all with an image of what a filibuster looks like -- a long ...

How broken is Congress when its own members are trying to surrender to the executive branch? How did we get here? The answer is simple. The Senate’s legislative filibuster is to blame.

WASHINGTON — If Democrats win control of the Senate and White House in November, many progressives want to get rid of a long-standing Senate rule — the legislative filibuster — to ensure ...

GOP leaders insist they aren't trying to end the 60-vote rule. Democrats warned that by ignoring the parliamentarian in this case, they are "going nuclear" on the filibuster.

(Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images ... Still, no. The filibuster is not impotent and dormant. It’s very much alive, constraining the GOP legislative agenda every day, even if it doesn ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told "Hannity" Wednesday that ending the Senate's legislative filibuster would be "transformational" to the United States in "a really bad way." GRAHAM: It would ...

The steps necessary to achieve that goal would also permanently weaken the legislative ... the filibuster for all nominations except to the Supreme Court. But only two executive branch nominees ...