Glassman, who spent a decade studying congressional procedure at the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, said members of the Senate realized early on that “if you just keep talking, you never ...

The word `filibuster' comes from piracy. MELISSA BLOCK, host: The term first appeared in the English language in 1591, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. The word was then `flee-booters.' Its ...

President Trump is calling for Republicans to get rid of it to end the shutdown. Many in his party are pushing back.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The word “filibuster,” which derives from a Dutch term for pirates and plunderers, somehow came to describe those who disrupt ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump called for the Senate to eliminate the filibuster on Friday, sharing an op-ed from his Treasury Secretary ...

Republicans and Democrats have been guilty of attempting to abolish the filibuster when they held power. The truth is, the filibuster is merely a Senate procedure to shut off debate that has existed ...

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul stood up shortly before noon Wednesday and announced his intention to filibuster President Barack Obama's nomination of John Brennan to lead the CIA. "I will speak until I can ...

A Judicial Coup in Utah: A Response to Andy McCarthy Audio By Carbonatix Proponents of the “talking filibuster” quagmire like to point to the success of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as evidence that ...

The word “filibuster,” which derives from a Dutch term for pirates and plunderers, somehow came to describe those who disrupt legislative business. The practice is much older — Cato the Younger was ...

President Donald Trump called for the Senate to eliminate the filibuster on Friday, sharing an op-ed from his Treasury Secretary making the case. “It’s time to end the filibuster,” Trump posted to his ...