Its approval would begin the budget reconciliation process, steps that would head off a Democratic filibuster and allow ... Critics argue they obstruct federal efforts. Chiu dismissed claims ...

McConnell reshaped the Senate forever, taking the wind out of two Presidents' sails with a playbook for obstruction ...

Because she and the others stayed on board, Republicans had the 33 votes needed to advance the bill past the first major filibuster of the 2025 legislative session. It advanced 33-16, with a ...

A proposal that would change Nebraska law to define app-based ride-share and food delivery drivers as independent contractors overcame the Legislature’s first filibuster of the year Wednesday as ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A suspected arsonist is behind bars after trying to stop firefighters from putting out a fire. The Orange Cove Fire Protection District says on Wednesday crews were ...

Here is a look at the life of Harry Reid, former Senate majority leader and retired US senator from Nevada. Personal Birth date: December 2, 1939 Death date: December 28, 2021 Birth place: Searchlight ...

April 12, 2019 – Reid calls for an end to the legislative filibuster in a New York Times opinion piece, asserting that removing the procedure would help end the “era of obstruction and ...

Then, at 11:18 a.m., Sen. Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat, took to the Senate floor and started what she hoped would be a 13-hour filibuster of the abortion bill. If Davis managed to keep the ...