Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A defining feature of the U.S. Senate for more than two centuries, the concept of using long speeches to delay action or bring ...

State Senators had a late night at the Capitol working to meet deadline on Thursday due to disruptions in the session. Sen. Nathan Dahm was filibustering, reading hundreds of pages of legislation, so ...

The unprecedented filibustering by Labour peers (or rather more accurately, given the splits between hardliners and moderates about Labour’s ranks in the Lords, some Labour peers) of the Parliamentary ...

It was a mundane, unanimously supported bill on liquor taxation that saw state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh take to the mic on the Nebraska Legislature floor last week. She offered her support, then spent ...

Contrary to recent mythology, there has never been a Senate tradition of filibustering nominees to the Supreme Court. Only once in history has there been a clear attempt to filibuster a first-time ...

On Thursday, news that Nebraska Democrats narrowly defeated a six-week abortion ban came as a shock, as state after state—particularly in the Midwest and the South—passes bans in the aftermath of Roe ...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) railed against “unprecedented Republican filibustering” that has delayed the debate over a climate change bill. Though senators from both parties agreed ...

As a clinical psychologist and academic, I have observed many covert attempts to block social justice efforts within the various systems in which I work. I have been asked to write multiple memos or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Senate Democrats made history in Jefferson City Wednesday by filibustering for over 48 hours. Since Monday ...

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings 26 Jun 2013, Austin, Texas, USA --- State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Ft. Worth, ...

During her remarks in a Senate hearing in January, Senator Elissa Slotkin mocked Pete Hegseth over his inability to answer a simple question. Slotkin stated, "I get it; you're filibustering." ...