(Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images) “The same Dems who argue to keep the filibuster ‘for when we need it’ do not use it when we need it,” posted Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez.

It is reopening old wounds they had hoped to move past, too. After an ultimately unsuccessful effort to eliminate the filibuster during former President Joe Biden’s term roiled Democrats ...

The filibuster is not a constitutionally codified practice; in fact, it was born of an absence. While the House of Representatives has standing rules for how long a member can speak, the Senate ...

None of these governments decided to include a filibuster in their design. Indeed, the Founders also chose not to include a supermajority requirement in their legislative design. It evolved in the ...

Democrats still need Republican votes to reach the 60-vote threshold to get past a filibuster and pass legislation on nonfinancial matters, such as election integrity, abortion, or amnesty for ...

So the design of Congress ensures that they aren ... want to help Congress bargain more should not do is get rid of the filibuster—the set of Senate rules that effectively means any significant ...

The Senate's filibuster could be at risk if Democrats retain the majority after the 2024 elections, with the exit of two staunch defenders of the tool in Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Kyrsten ...

As if the stakes for November’s elections weren’t high enough, President Biden now says he wants to bust the Senate’s filibuster to guarantee access to abortion. “We have to codify Roe v.

One of the foremost arguments that defenders of the filibuster put forward is that it enriches our democracy by forcing senators to debate more. By raising the threshold for passing a bill in the ...

In a video series originally published in 2017, NPR explains the filibuster – a 60-vote threshold for most legislation in the Senate. We're bringing this explainer back now that Senate Democrats ...

And I think that's important for your listeners to understand. There was no filibuster in the original design of the Senate. There were rules limiting debate. If senators were considered to be ...