Their efforts, likely doomed from the start due to GOP congressional control, come as voters demand more resistance.

And Republicans control the Senate 53-47 – which is not a wide enough margin to overcome the 60-vote threshold needed to bypass the filibuster, meaning Republicans will need Democrats to avoid a ...

Lippincott, who represents parts of four counties in central Nebraska's District 34, said concerns over what a weakened filibuster could mean for rural lawmakers are "very legitimate" and called ...