Over at the Wall Street Journal, Gerald Seib argues against interpreting the Senate as the problem with our political system. He maintains that the issue runs far deeper, which is true, to a point.
As the government shutdown stretches into its 36th day — now the longest in American history — pressure is mounting in Washington. President Donald Trump returned from the White House after once again ...
The most extended government shutdown in U.S. history has revived a familiar argument: The Senate's filibuster is to blame for congressional paralysis. It's a compelling narrative with a convenient ...
Congress remains locked in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. While headlines understandably focus on safety-net and healthcare talks, a broader institutional danger looms: elimination ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this story was first published in 2021, when Democrats were trying to end the filibuster. It was completely predictable that President Donald Trump would call on Senate ...
On This Week With George Stephanopoulos Sunday morning, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol criticized Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) so-called “nuclear option”— that eliminated the ...
The most extended government shutdown in U.S. history has revived a familiar argument: The Senate’s filibuster is to blame for congressional paralysis. It’s a compelling narrative with a convenient ...
The word “filibuster,” which derives from a Dutch term for pirates and plunderers, somehow came to describe those who disrupt legislative business. The practice is much older — Cato the Younger was ...
The most extended government shutdown in U.S. history has revived a familiar argument: The Senate's filibuster is to blame for congressional paralysis. It's a compelling narrative with a convenient ...
Filibuster requires 60 votes, enforces deliberation and protects minority rights. Abolishing the rule enables rapid policy reversals and institutional instability ...
The most extended government shutdown in U.S. history has revived a familiar argument: The Senate’s filibuster is to blame for congressional paralysis. It’s a compelling narrative with a convenient ...
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