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A filibuster is a tactic used in the United States Senate to delay or block a vote on a measure by preventing debate on it from ending. [1]: 2 The Senate's rules place few restrictions on debate; in general, if no other senator is speaking, a senator who seeks recognition is entitled to speak for as long as they wish.
Some Democrats are sounding an early alarm on the prospect of reforming the Senate’s filibuster rule in 2025 if they keep control of the White House and Senate and win a House majority, setting ...
Once again, Senate Democrats in the minority used the filibuster to force the Senate Republican majority to include some of their priorities in the final bill, which ultimately passed 96-0.
As I wrote for the Heritage Foundation in 2011, “the filibuster in the Senate protects the rights of Senators to debate and amend legislation, thereby protecting the interest of the American ...
The fate of the Senate filibuster is on the ballot in the 2024 election, as Democrats rally around weakening it to codify abortion rights and bolstering federal voting rights.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Tuesday that Senate Democrats will discuss creating a “carveout” in the Senate’s filibuster rule to pass abortion rights legislation ...
Vice President Kamala Harris has called for the filibuster to be bypassed to pass abortion legislation, prompting many Democratic senators to support the idea, while others express hesitation ...
The filibuster—an extended speech designed to stall legislation—began at 8:54 p.m. [a] and lasted until 9:12 p.m. the following day, a duration of 24 hours and 18 minutes. This made the filibuster the longest single-person filibuster in United States Senate history, a record that still stands as of 2024.