Analysis
Requiring a Vote When Debate Ends
This reform would preserve and strengthen floor debate while preventing senators from using quorum calls routinely to freeze the floor and block the Senate from voting.
A Senate Rules Reform Package: Empowering Senators to Participate in Debate, Offer Amendments, and Cast Up-or-Down Votes
Four rules changes that will help senators debate more, amend more, and vote more.
Last Week in the Senate
Sometimes, what happens on the floor reveals how the Senate really works.
Vice President Can Force Senate to Act
Democrats’ “Historic obstruction” only possible with Republicans’ cooperation.
