Richard A. Arenberg

It's impossible to overstate the breadth and depth of the damage that McConnell has done to our country and our democracy.

Former-U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., spoke to the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee on Jan. 24, 1995. (T.J. Sokol/AP) The...

My dentist frequently reminds me not to grind my teeth. As I watched heroic Wisconsin voters stand in line for hour after hour during a...

Presidents are sometimes enraged by the supermajority requirement to end a filibuster in the Senate because it gets in the way of one-party

Without the filibuster as a counter-weight against totally majority-driven procedures, Chairman Grassley (R-IA) and his majority were able t

McCain in his final speech to the Senate in July reminded his colleagues that, “…our arcane rules and customs are deliberately intended to r

Where is the great tradition of the U.S. Senate and its oversight of the executive branch? Where are the voices of conscience?

In recent years both parties have been weaponizing procedure with each party retaliating for past indignities, with their own provocations.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (L) chats with Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (R) during a...

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch (L) talks with Chief Justice John Roberts (R) on the steps of the Supreme Court following his official...

On December 12, the voters in Alabama are scheduled to select a new U.S. Senator in a special election to fill the seat formerly held by...

The Republican right is engaging in a big push to change the face of the federal judiciary. They are pressuring the Senate Republicans to...

Perhaps I am a bit of a “Pollyanna.” I believe that major sweeping legislation which impacts public policy for years to come is best...