President Donald Trump has urged Senate Republicans to use the "nuclear option" to end the current government shutdown. The "nuclear option" would allow Senate rules to be changed with a simple ...

Seemingly frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats' unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President Donald Trump is once again demanding that the Senate eliminate the ...

The ongoing federal government shutdown is poised to break the record for longest shutdown in the history of the United States, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed or forced to ...

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