Filibuster

The Death of the Filibuster Was Not Bipartisan

April 4, 2017 8:07 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. talks about the struggle to move Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch toward a final up-or-down vote on the Senate floor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

News

McConnell: We have votes for nuclear option on Neil Gorsuch

Susan Crabtree -

April 4, 2017 7:52 pm

In 2013, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. defend the Senate Democrats' vote to weaken filibusters and make it harder for Republicans to block confirmation of the president's nominees for judges and other top posts. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Democrats’ ‘filibuster reform’ of 2013 has taken all the pressure off of them now

David Freddoso -

April 4, 2017 6:34 pm

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., argued Tuesday that Senate Republicans would be making a

News

Steny Hoyer: GOP invoking nuclear option for Gorsuch would be ‘very substantial mistake’

Al Weaver -

April 4, 2017 4:58 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would file a motion to invoke cloture on Tuesday and limit debate on Judge Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court nomination. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

News

McConnell readies motion to invoke cloture, setting up filibuster fight

Ryan Lovelace -

April 4, 2017 2:32 pm

Senate

Tim Kaine’s Filibuster Flip-Flop

John McCormack -

April 4, 2017 12:39 pm

Nearly every outrage in the judicial wars of the past two decades has been perpetrated by Democrats, and mostly Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his predecessor. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Opinion

The house — er, Senate — that Chuck Schumer built

Washington Examiner -

April 4, 2017 4:01 am

Leonard Leo expressed confidence that the Democrats' blockade of Neil Gorsuch would not work. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

News

Trump adviser says Gorsuch will be confirmed by end of week, despite filibuster

Ryan Lovelace -

April 3, 2017 6:45 pm

Senate Republicans this week may decide to change Senate precedent in order to confirm President Trump's Supreme Court nominee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

News

What is the ‘nuclear option’?

Pete Kasperowicz -

April 3, 2017 6:14 pm

Delaware Sen. Chris Coons said Monday he would vote against advancing Judge Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court nomination out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

News

Chris Coons to join Gorsuch filibuster, setting up nuclear option in the Senate

Ryan Lovelace -

April 3, 2017 5:27 pm

1...363738...63 Page 37 of 63

Tag: Filibuster

The Death of the Filibuster Was Not Bipartisan

McConnell: We have votes for nuclear option on Neil Gorsuch

Democrats’ ‘filibuster reform’ of 2013 has taken all the pressure off of them now

Steny Hoyer: GOP invoking nuclear option for Gorsuch would be ‘very substantial mistake’

McConnell readies motion to invoke cloture, setting up filibuster fight

Tim Kaine’s Filibuster Flip-Flop

The house — er, Senate — that Chuck Schumer built

Trump adviser says Gorsuch will be confirmed by end of week, despite filibuster

What is the ‘nuclear option’?

Chris Coons to join Gorsuch filibuster, setting up nuclear option in the Senate

NEWS

POLICY

COMMENTARY

RESTORING AMERICA