Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., condemned the Senate filibuster as an "abuse of power" in 2022, years before his party praised him for launching the "longest filibuster in U.S. Senate history" on Tuesday.

Some Republicans are uneasy that their party is pursuing a tactic that could weaken the filibuster and backfire in the future. By Carl Hulse Reporting from the Capitol Senator John Thune ...

It is reopening old wounds they had hoped to move past, too. After an ultimately unsuccessful effort to eliminate the filibuster during former President Joe Biden’s term roiled Democrats ...

Democrats spent this week celebrating Booker’s historic “filibuster,” typically an antimajoritarian tool that helps preserve the Senate’s deliberative nature. Pollster Frank Luntz ...

It is well known that Thurmond’s 1957 filibuster was against civil rights. What was Booker’s issue or focus? I read a half dozen legacy media stories on it, all praising Booker’s Herculean ...

(Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images) “The same Dems who argue to keep the filibuster ‘for when we need it’ do not use it when we need it,” posted Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez.

Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin refused to help their party abolish the legislative filibuster in the U.S. Senate to make way for the passage of single-party, multitrillion dollar spending bills ...

Ex-independent Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema called out several of her former Democratic colleagues over their apparent changing stances on eliminating the filibuster. In January 2022, Sinema and ...

Looks like more and more Democrats are returning to their roots. They’re siding with Jim Crow. What else to conclude when they embrace the same legislative tool their Southern forerunners ...

A filibuster is when a politician holds a prolonged debate or speech to prevent legislation from passing, such as a bill, a vote, a resolution or an amendment. What Was the Longest Filibuster in ...

Democrats were against the filibuster before they were for it. The left continues to rage against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for casting a vote to avoid a government shutdown.

Although Booker's speech resembled a filibuster, it wasn't technically one because it didn't aim to delay a specific vote. Booker's speech, which he framed as a response to calls for action from ...