Some Republicans are uneasy that their party is pursuing a tactic that could weaken the filibuster and backfire in the future ...

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record this week for the longest speech ever made on the Senate floor, but it wasn't a filibuster. Here's why.

Missouri Senate Democrats engaged in a lengthy filibuster Wednesday to block a Republican-back bill aimed at rolling back a ...

For years, Democrats argued that the 60-vote threshold to cut off debate is an antiquated racist tool. Now, they celebrate it.

Alabama Senate Republicans blocked Democrat debate Thursday on several conservative bills, deploying the seldom-used cloture petition to speed up the voting process.

Did Cory Booker eat, drink or nap during longest filibuster ever? Cory Booker did not eat or nap during his speech and only took a few sips of water. USA TODAY reported Booker did not wander far from ...

"A month later, North Carolina senator George Badger complained of 'filibustering speeches,' and the term became a permanent part of our political lexicon," reads the U.S. Senate website. By the 1870s ...

The show of force comes after Democrats in Congress have faced widespread criticism from their base that they are not doing enough to push back against Trump’s agenda.

In the climax of the film, he stages a one-man filibuster to proclaim his innocence, which ran over 23 hours and ended only after he collapsed in exhaustion on the Senate floor. "We have this big ...