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The filibuster is a tool the Senate stumbled upon in the 1800s. Here's its history and how it works.

The filibuster is a tool the Senate stumbled upon in the 1800s. Here's its history and how it works.

The filibuster is a tool the Senate stumbled upon in the 1800s. Here's its history and how it works.

The filibuster is a tool the Senate stumbled upon in the 1800s. Here's its history and how it works.

The filibuster is a tool the Senate stumbled upon in the 1800s. Here's its history and how it works.

The filibuster is a tool the Senate stumbled upon in the 1800s. Here's its history and how it works.

The filibuster is a tool the Senate stumbled upon in the 1800s. Here's its history and how it works.

The filibuster is a tool the Senate stumbled upon in the 1800s. Here's its history and how it works.

The filibuster is a tool the Senate stumbled upon in the 1800s. Here's its history and how it works.

The filibuster is a tool the Senate stumbled upon in the 1800s. Here's its history and how it works.

The filibuster is a tool the Senate stumbled upon in the 1800s. Here's its history and how it works.

What will the new president do? Unity is the mantra! We will soon see!

Many people living in the U. S. don’t realize how truly undemocratic our current system of government is.

The Senate could adjust procedure along voter preferences while ensuring that legislation has substantial support before closing off debate.

Cabinet nominations, filibusters, minimum wage and Marjorie Taylor Greene cause division in Senate

While not nearly as easy to navigate as a simple majority vote would be if the filibuster was nixed, political strategists say Democrats will be able to pass key policies without the support of Republicans via the budget reconciliation process. Democrats have already...

The letter notes that “Senator Bernie Sanders asked for information about the breadth of the budgetary effects of the Raise the Wage Act of 2021 … as compared with certain other reconciliation legislation that the Congressional Budget Office has analyzed in the past.”

The lead from The Atlantic’s Ronald Brownstein last Thursday was dire: “Democrats face a daunting future of severe Republican gerrymandering that could...

Reconciliation has long been a favorite gimmick for ramming legislation through Congress during times of united government.

Politicians say they want it, but how often, and under what circumstances, does bipartisanship really happen?

You can’t begin to overstate what just happened in Washington, the place where good ideas go to die, if, in fact, anyone even notices them at all.

A minimum wage hike is a good test case. Responsible Republicans would negotiate a compromise, not block it and force Democrats to kill the filibuster.

While Biden and Manchin know each other fairly well, it would be beneficial for them to share substantial conversations about how to achieve the bipartisanship they both seek, and how to best help West Virginia and build the kind of special relationship that President Kennedy had with West Virginia.

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