Filibuster

The Senate should be a deliberative body, not an obstructionist one. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

How to end the filibuster follies

Quin Hillyer · February 8, 2017 9:38 pm

A Democratic senator thinks the 24-hour Senate-floor speechifying against Betsy Devos, nominee for secretary of education, won't end up bearing fruit. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Democratic senator doesn’t expect to defeat DeVos

Kyle Feldscher · February 7, 2017 1:07 pm

Make 50 the New 60

William Kristol · February 3, 2017 6:45 am

Sen. Cornyn has introduced a bill to repeal the implementation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board's annual proposal. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

GOP will try again to repeal Obamacare ‘death panels’

Susan Ferrechio · February 2, 2017 6:38 pm

Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch, left, meets with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on Capitol Hill, Wednesday. Manchin believes there are still enough open-minded Democrats in the Senate who can be won over by Gorsuch. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Manchin sees possible path to 60 for Gorsuch

Susan Crabtree · February 2, 2017 2:01 pm

The #Resist crowd pretends now that its opposition is an extraordinary reaction to traits particular to Trump. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Gunning for Gorsuch — liberals’ new normal

Washington Examiner · February 2, 2017 5:01 am

Pence said he is "hopeful that it doesn't" come to using a certain Senate rule to fast-track the judge's approval. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Unlike Trump, Pence is wary of nuking Gorsuch through Senate

Anna Giaritelli · February 2, 2017 12:39 am

Republicans will need eight Senate Democrats join the upper chamber's 52 GOP members to block any filibuster. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Whip count: Here’s where Democrats stand on Trump’s Supreme Court pick

Ryan Lovelace · February 1, 2017 10:42 pm

The New York Times editorial board said Senate Democrats should avoid attempting to block a hearing for federal Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's pick for the vacant Supreme Court seat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

New York Times to Democrats: Don’t filibuster Gorsuch

Eddie Scarry · February 1, 2017 12:54 pm

Manchin Won’t ‘Filibuster Anybody’ in SCOTUS Nomination

Chris Deaton · January 31, 2017 8:12 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has dismissed a Republican Obamacare replacement bill before he ever had a chance to read it, according to two GOP senators. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

SCOTUS: Dems just going through the motions

David Freddoso · January 31, 2017 4:23 pm

Eleven years ago tomorrow, Justice Alito was confirmed by a vote of 58 to 42. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

It’s Justice Alito’s filibuster-versary — how much has the Senate changed since then?

David Freddoso · January 30, 2017 9:00 pm