The Senate does not need to choose between preserving debate and reaching decisions, and restoring a modified previous question motion would help the chamber do both.

A package of Senate rules reforms would make the chamber more deliberative and productive, beginning with a proposal to limit debate on the motion to proceed so the Senate can actually get to legislation.

Senators don’t need unanimous consent to act—they can use the rules to force votes.

Four rules changes that will help senators debate more, amend more, and vote more.

A step-by-step guide to how a determined majority can overcome minority obstruction without abolishing the filibuster.

This post highlights how the House can make it easier for the Senate to pass legislation.

This piece reviews the procedural tools that can shorten, structure, or otherwise discipline extended debate in the Senate.

This piece lays out how existing procedures can be used to move the process forward without nuking the rules.

The article explores how Senate rules shape the timing, leverage, and possible resolution of fiscal brinkmanship.

This piece explains how Democrats could have used existing Senate rules to force a real talking filibuster on voting-rights legislation.

Democrats could have already voted to begin debate on the voting rights bill if they spent less time complaining about the Senate’s rules and more time using them to achieve their goals.