Filibuster

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said of theÃÂ National Defense Authorization Act:ÃÂ "This [nuclear option] blew it up.ÃÂ It harms the ability and desirability of people to work together."ÃÂ (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Senate’s nuclear option vote blows up defense policy bill

Tim Mak · November 21, 2013 5:00 am

Senate votes to curb filibusters on many nominees

Senate votes to curb filibusters on many nominees

Alan Fram · November 21, 2013 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's Thursday move to weaken the filibuster is supposed to be limited to federal judicial appointments and executive nominations rather than Supreme Court appointments or actual legislation. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Harry Reid’s Senate rule change won’t be limited

Philip Klein · November 21, 2013 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Sen.ÃÂ HarryÃÂ Reid, D-Nev., speaks to the media on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Harry Reid considering rules change to curb minority power to block presidential nominees

Susan Ferrechio · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

Robert Wilkins' nomination to fill one of three vacant seats on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit -- considered the nation's second most powerful bench behind the Supreme Court -- fell six votes shy of the 60 needed to overcome a GOP filibuster. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senate Republicans reject Obama nominee as Democrats amp up ‘nuclear option’ threat

Sean Lengell · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

The House spotlights the flawed health care law rollout this week.

House this week will highlight Obamacare flaws while Senate clashes over the filibuster rule

David M. Drucker and Susan Ferrechio · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

The legislation, which was attached to the intelligence funding bill, requires the director of national intelligence to appoint an independent "red team" to review the case for drone strikes against overseas Americans suspected of terrorism. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Intel committee votes for ‘red team’ to sign off on drone strikes against Americans overseas

Joel Gehrke · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama has struggled for years to overcome Republican opposition to his nominations for top government or judicial posts. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Senate Democrats ramping up ‘nuclear option’ threat

Sean Lengell · November 4, 2013 5:00 am

Mortgage bankers, realtors, and home builders all lobbied Republican senators to approve industry-friendly, big government-friendly Congressman Mel Watt as the chief regulator for Fannie Mae. (AP Image)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans rebuff industry lobbyists, block Mel Watt nomination

Timothy P. Carney · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - In this May 1, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama's nominee for the Federal Housing Finance Authority director Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., waves during the announcement of his nomination in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Democrats are struggling to halt a Republican blockade against Obama's pick of Watt and of Patricia Millett for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Senate rejects Obama nominations as fight over White House authority amps up

Sean Lengell · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

Report tries to tie Tea Party, Koch brothers, Cruz to Holocaust deniers

Washington Secrets

Report tries to tie Tea Party, Koch brothers, Cruz to Holocaust deniers

Paul Bedard · October 10, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

The Tea Party and the voice of the people

Timothy P. Carney · September 30, 2013 12:00 am