parliamentary procedure where debate over a proposed piece of legislation is extended, allowing one or more members to delay or entirely prevent a vote on the proposal
Rachel Bovard writes for the Federalist about a procedural maneuver U.S. Senate Republicans could use to block an objectionable Supreme Court nominee. [E]ver since 2017, when Senate Republicans invoked the…
Editors at the Washington Examiner take issue with congressional Democrats’ contention that their election policies are designed “for the people.” When a government makes a power grab, the grabbers typically…
John Steele Gordon writes for City Journal about the origins of a controversial U.S. Senate procedure. The word comes from the Spanish for “freebooter,” another name for pirate. In the…
Jonathan Turley writes at The Hill about Democrats’ recent pronouncements regarding the U.S. Senate’s filibuster. President Biden came out Thursday against the Senate filibuster as a “relic of the Jim…
Paul Mirengoff writes for the Powerline blog about a possible major shift in U.S. Senate rules. It’s designed to advance presidential appointments more quickly. Faced with the resulting backlog of…
Christopher Bedford of the Daily Caller suggests ways Republicans in the U.S. Senate could address Democrats’ obstructionist tactics. … [E]very week, the Democrats are allowed to work just 2.5 days…
Editors at the Washington Examiner explain why they hope to see the U.S. Senate return to its historical role. The deal that lawmakers reached Monday has two salutary effects: It…
Christopher DeMuth offers National Review Online readers two ideas that would help address problems linked to our current state of polarized politics. [L]et me argue for two concrete institutional reforms.…
Josh Blackman explains at National Review Online why he opposes the recent idea from a Federalist Society co-founder to engage in a large-scale expansion of the number of federal judges.…
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online challenges the notion that members of Congress are accomplishing almost nothing this year. No, Congress hasn’t yet repealed Obamacare, passed sweeping tax reform, or…
Kerry Picket of the Daily Caller reports that U.S. Senate Republicans are considering a rule change that would limit Democrats’ efforts to slow the legislative process. Although all presidential appointments…
Tomorrow marks the seventh birthday of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It might not make it to eight. That all depends, of course, on whether the House GOP can get…