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

In an old post, Japayal outlined legislation that could not be passed with a filibuster in place, calling to abolish the “Jim Crow filibuster,” a reference to how the maneuver was used to preserve ...

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Harry Reid is a former Senate majority leader from Nevada. A real fix for this country would be the abolition of the Senate filibuster in all its forms, allowing for a simple majority vote ...

Sen. Cory Booker spoke throughout the night in a speech to challenge Senate Republicans about their support of President ...

Indeed, it was Harry Reid and his fellow Democrats who initiated the unprecedented use of the partisan filibuster against judicial nominees. 4.

According to this New York Times article, Senate majority leader Harry Reid is exploring a change to the Senate’s filibuster rules that “would most likely affect federal judges and executive ...

The move came in the years after then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) lowered the threshold for all lower court and executive branch nominees.

"Republicans don't want to filibuster Chuck Hagel's nomination to be the next secretary of defense," says Rachel Weiner at The Washington Post. "They just want to require a 60-vote threshold to ...