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Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul stood up shortly before noon Wednesday and announced his intention to filibuster President Barack Obama's nomination of John Brennan to lead the CIA. "I will speak until I can ...

As the government shutdown nears becoming the longest in U.S. history, President Donald Trump has called on Senate Republicans to end the filibuster in order to bring the stalemate on Capitol Hill to ...

WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump pressed Republican senators today to terminate the filibuster rule in a bid to end the longest government shutdown in history, but his call to shatter the ...