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.

WASHINGTON — Nicaragua’s dictatorship will continue to persecute religious groups unless international financial institutions ...

Panama's government has approved safe passage for former President Ricardo Martinelli to travel to Nicaragua, where he has been granted asylum, a top Panamanian official said in a press conference on ...

How a bill becomes a law in the Nebraska Legislature LINCOLN — After a heated four-day filibuster, Nebraska lawmakers gave the green light on a controversial bill that would water down a new ...

Nicaragua’s Foreign Minister, Valdrack Jaentschke, has accused Costa Rica of adopting a “colonialist and usurping attitude” within the Central American Integration System (SICA), escalating tensions ...

PANAMA CITY – Former Panama President Ricardo Martinelli will be allowed to leave the Nicaraguan embassy where he’s been holed up for more than a year to travel to Nicaragua for humanitarian ...

Then, at 11:18 a.m., Sen. Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat, took to the Senate floor and started what she hoped would be a 13-hour filibuster of the abortion bill. If Davis managed to keep the ...

Ortega names wife Rosario Murillo head of Nicaragua's Army In a move to tighten his grip on power, Daniel Ortega appointed ...

On Friday, Omaha Sen. Terrell McKinney, one of the sponsors of the ballot initiative who helped lead the filibuster to defeat Strommen’s amendment, urged his colleagues to respect the wishes of ...

There’s an attitude in Washington that they think undermines a longstanding American ideal of stretching out a helping hand to people in need, they said. Take, for instance, Commonwealth ...

Speaking of that debate on the floor, you’ve probably heard of cloture and filibusters in the U.S. Senate. In the Maine Legislature, debate is virtually unlimited under the rules. The presiding ...