The No. 4 Democrat in the House is egging on Senate Republicans to nuke the filibuster as each side blames the other for the current government shutdown. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), the vice chairman of the House Democratic Caucus,

Facing Democratic opposition, the GOP has discarded a series of precedents and weakened minority power in order to vote through Trump's nominees and legislation.

Democrats should use the shutdown to curb the Trump administration's worst authoritarian abuses, not to try to goad Republicans into eliminating an important check on executive excess.

Few signs of progress toward an agreement to reopen the government have emerged as both parties work to lay blame on their political opposition.

Republicans have accused Democrats of seeking health care for people in the U.S. illegally. Democrats call it a lie.

Our government is not functioning like it should, and there is a reason. The Senate filibuster prevents nearly any meaningful legislation from becoming law. This explains why so little is getting done in Washington. And it is why executive orders by a ...

In May and July of 2017, early in his first term, President Donald Trump unleashed flocks of shrieking tweets imploring the Senate to change its filibuster rule for legislative measures. He advocated reducing the number of votes to stop interminable ...

If a shutdown persists, Trump may order Republicans to kill the filibuster altogether. Will Democrats risk the loss of their one tool for resistance?