Senate Republicans aren’t ready to go "nuclear" again to change the rules around the Senate filibuster as Senate Democrats dig deeper against the GOP’s push to reopen the government. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Republicans need at ...

Washington — Senate Republicans moved ahead Thursday with a change to Senate rules to make it easier to confirm President Trump's nominees amid a blockade from Democrats, who have warned against the move to go "nuclear." For months, Republicans have ...

The campaign to expedite the confirmation process for President Donald Trump’s nominees by changing Senate rules gained momentum Tuesday after Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso endorsed the move. Barrasso, the second-ranking Senate Republican, in an op ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans took the first steps to change the chamber’s rules on Thursday, moving to make it easier to confirm groups of President Donald Trump’s nominees after last-minute negotiations with Democrats fell apart. Senate Majority ...

The rules of the Senate are an important storehouse of a great deliberative tradition, and they should not be lightly changed. But neither should they be wielded to exercise a power that the Senate doesn’t even need to possess and doesn’t currently use ...

Republicans’ plans to fast-track the budget bill hit a speedbump when the Senate parliamentarian determined that changes to how states can tax Medicaid providers do not comply with rules to pass the legislation with a simple majority, The Wall Street ...