The Senate tradition of the filibuster is a political action that allows lawmakers to prolong debate over a proposed piece of legislation. The goal of the filibuster is to delay or prevent a vote on the proposal. Senators can speak for...

The Senate tradition of the filibuster is a political action that allows lawmakers to prolong debate over a proposed piece of legislation. The goal of the filibuster is to delay or prevent a vote on the proposal. Senators can speak for...

From “nuclear weapon” to “six-shooter”: The filibuster used to be a rare and powerful tool. But as rules changed to require fewer votes to shut one down, senators brought it out as a regular threat. NPR’s senior political editor, Ron...

As part of our monthly series of poems, written and performed by our Young Poets in response to events each month, Bella Cox considers what it means to be both a global and a British citizen at this point in history. Read our interview...

Kyrsten Sinema is a Democratic Senator for Arizona. She's the second youngest Senator, grew up in poverty & is bisexual. So she's a raging liberal right? Well no, she's actually one of the most central Democrats in the Senate,...

Filibusters, an intentional roadblock to action, can look self-serving, but they’ve been invoked by lawmakers for decades. How they’re used has been changing, though. The filibuster was eliminated for judicial nominations by Democrats in...

The filibuster started as an accident. Today it lets the losers rule Congress. Become a Video Lab member!='http://bit.ly/video-lab' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>member! The US Senate is supposed to pass laws. But today, it’s...

Washington, DC is closer than ever to becoming a state. Could it actually happen? Subscribe to our channel!'http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>channel! On June 26, 2020, the US House of Representatives voted to make...

Neither party is perfect, but Republicans in Congress have been drifting towards political extremism since long before Trump, and they’re making it impossible for Congress to work the way it’s supposed to. Subscribe to our