The U.S. Senate has been dysfunctional for decades. There has been a lack of debate on bills thanks to procedural tactics used by the leadership of both parties that marginalized rank-and-file ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent urged Senate Republicans to end the filibuster as a fiscal year 2026 budget battle is expected in ...

Sen. Mike Lee, Utah Republican and the bill’s lead sponsor, gave a presentation to his Republican colleagues last week in ...

Much of the AFA has made it through the House but has been halted in the Senate. America's very notion of governance has always been that the majority is to lead. By requiring 60 votes, a ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said “there aren’t anywhere close to the votes” needed to change the Senate’s filibuster rule to allow Republican-sponsored legislation to reform voter ...

Democrats say they expect growing demands to change the filibuster rules later this month when the battle over voting rights heads to the Senate floor, hoping that the pressure will be enough to ...

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who is leading the push for the bill in the Senate, has called to abolish the so-called "zombie filibuster" and bring back an older form of the rule that requires objecting ...

Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., told Newsmax on Tuesday that the frustration associated with passing legislation through Congress has hit a high point. On "Bianca Across the Nation," Steube said it's time ...