WASHINGTON, May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Later today, the Senate will hold a vote to end the filibuster against Goodwin Liu, President Obama's nominee to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2005, when a handful of President Bush's nominees faced filibusters, at least 12 current U.S.

U.S. Senate Republicans Friday successfully blocked passage of a bill that would have curbed industrial emissions that contribute to global warming. Republicans held off a vote of the bill procedurally when Democrats fell a dozen votes short, 48-36, to end a GOP filibuster, The Hill reported.

By Kathy Kiely WASHINGTON -- A majority of the Senate signaled opposition to President Bush's Iraq policy Wednesday but fell short of the 60 votes needed to force a change.

By David Espo, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Democrats steered the Senate through an attention- grabbing, all-night session to dramatize opposition to the Iraq war but conceded they were unlikely to gain the votes needed to advance troop withdrawal legislation blocked by Republicans.

By Jill Zuckman, Chicago Tribune Jul. 18--WASHINGTON -- As senators launched an all-night sleepover Tuesday, Capitol custodians in green work shirts rolled folded cots with flowered mattresses into the Lyndon Baines Johnson room, just steps from the chamber.