Filibuster

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., threatens to move soon to kill Senate filibuster rights of the chamber's minority. (AP Photo)

Examiner Editorial: Harry Reid, Democrats threaten, again, to nuke the filibuster

Washington Examiner · July 19, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., delivers remarks on gridlock in the Senate on Monday, July 15th. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Harry Reid threat to nuke filibusters prompted by Big Labor

Sean Higgins · July 19, 2013 4:00 am

House majority leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. (AP/Steven Senne)

Beltway Confidential

Eric Cantor ‘disheartened’ by Republican surrender on filibuster fight

Ashe Schow · July 18, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

AFL-CIO applauds Harry Reid for filibuster showdown win

Sean Higgins · July 17, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., threatened to eliminate the filibuster on presidential nominations. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Beltway Confidential

Next time, let Harry Reid pull the trigger

Philip Klein · July 17, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., reached a deal Tuesday to avert the "nuclear option." (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Democrats, Big Labor win big in filibuster showdown

Sean Higgins · July 17, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.: "What's the point of having the filibuster if you can't use it?" (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP won’t let ongoing threat of ‘nuclear option’ curb future filibusters

David M. Drucker · July 17, 2013 4:00 am

Kristol Podcast: Two Cheers for House Republicans

TWS Podcast · July 16, 2013 7:55 pm

Republican Sens., from left, John Thune, R-S.D., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., John McCain, R-Ariz., and John Hoeven, R-N.D., walk from the floor to a closed-door caucus after a compromise between the Democratic majority and the GOP minority on filibuster rules, at the Capitol on Tuesday. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP to confirm 7, Obama to change 2 in deal averting ‘nuclear option’

David M. Drucker · July 16, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said that ending the filibuster would be a "complete abuse of power" in 2005. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Beltway Confidential

Twilight Zone: When Dems were against the ‘nuclear option’ — and Republicans were for it

Ashe Schow · July 16, 2013 4:00 am

Michigan Sen. Carl Levin won't go along with other Democrats to block Republican filibusters. AP Photo

Dem senator mocks Harry Reid, NYT, Joe Biden on ending filibuster

Paul Bedard · July 16, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. said the Senate was an âevolving institutionâ that is stuck in gridlock and needs reform to save it âfrom becoming obsolete.â (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid: Nuclear option a ‘minor change’ in an ‘evolving institution’

Tim Mak · July 15, 2013 4:00 am