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1. www.cnn.com › 2022/01/23 › politicsThe epic filibuster standoff that created the 60-vote Senate ...

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   Jan 23, 2022 · Democrats failed spectacularly this week to change filibuster rules in the Senate. The end results are twofold: The total collapse of Democrats’ effort to enact a national voting rights...

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3. www.nbcnews.com › politics › congressDemocrats gear up to overhaul the Senate filibuster for major ...

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   May 17, 2024 · WASHINGTON — The fate of the Senate filibuster is on the ballot in the 2024 election as Democrats rally around weakening the 60-vote threshold to pass major legislation like codifying...

4. www.brookings.edu › articles › what-is-the-senateSenate Filibuster: What It Is and How to Eliminate It - Brookings

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   Sep 9, 2020 · The most straightforward way to eliminate the filibuster would be to formally change the text of Senate Rule 22, the cloture rule that requires 60 votes to end debate on legislation....

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5. www.npr.org › 2022/01/17 › 1072714887What is the filibuster, explained in simple terms : NPR

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   Jan 17, 2022 · Senate Democrats plan a vote to change the filibuster. So what is it? January 17, 202210:12 AM ET. Ron Elving. YouTube. In a video series originally published in 2017, NPR explains the filibuster...

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Filibuster_in_the_UnitedFilibuster in the United States Senate - Wikipedia

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   House Democrats did not approve of all aspects of the Senate bill, but after 60-vote Senate control was permanently lost in February 2010 due to the election of Scott Brown to fill the seat of the late Ted Kennedy, House Democrats decided to pass the Senate bill intact, and it became law.

7. time.com › 6138751Harry Reid Paved the Way for Dems to Kill the Filibuster | TIME

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   Jan 12, 2022 · On Tuesday, President Biden, another Senate institutionalist, went to Georgia to demand the body suspend its 60-vote threshold in order to pass voting-rights legislation.

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   What is a 60-vote filibuster?

   • In a video series originally published in 2017, NPR explains the filibuster – a 60-vote threshold for most legislation in the Senate. We're bringing this explainer back now that Senate Democrats and President Biden are talking about changing the rule in an effort to pass a set of voting rights bills.

   What is the filibuster, explained in simple terms : NPR

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   Does the Senate have enough votes to abolish the filibuster?

   • But even though there haven’t been enough votes to abolish the filibuster, the current Senate has managed to clear the 60-vote hurdle on more than two dozen occasions – including on several of this Congress’ main legislative achievements.

   How Senate filibusters are – and aren’t - Pew Research Center

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   How many votes did it take to break a filibuster?

   • A Republican President worked with a Democratic Senate. Legislation was routinely passed with help from both parties. And it took 67 votes to break a filibuster. In the 1970s, it was a Southern Democrat, Sen. James Allen of Alabama, who was recognized as the undisputed master of the filibusterand all other delaying tactics.

   The epic filibuster standoff that created the 60-vote Senate - CNN

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   How can we eliminate the filibuster?

   • The most straightforward way to eliminate the filibuster would be to formally change the text of Senate Rule 22, the cloture rule that requires 60 votes to end debate on legislation. Here’s the catch: Ending debate on a resolution to change the Senate’s standing rules requires the support of two-thirds of the members present and voting.

   Senate Filibuster: What It Is and How to Eliminate It - Brookings

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   Will democrats'reform the filibuster'?

   • Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said he’s optimistic Democrats will have enough support for “reforming the filibuster and imposing a talking filibuster” in the next Congress, so a minority can’t block bills without continuously holding the floor and talking.

   Democrats gear up to overhaul the Senate filibuster for major bills if

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   Will the Senate filibuster be on the ballot in 2024?

   • Graeme Sloan / Sipa USA via AP file WASHINGTON — The fate of the Senate filibuster is on the ballot in the 2024 election as Democrats rally around weakening the 60-vote threshold to pass major legislation like codifying abortion rights and bolstering federal voting rights.

   Democrats gear up to overhaul the Senate filibuster for major bills if

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9. www.pewresearch.org › short-reads › 2022/08/26Finding 60 votes in an evenly divided Senate? A high bar, but ...

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   Aug 26, 2022 · Even though Democrats controlled the Senate thanks to the tiebreaking vote of Vice President Kamala Harris, much of the party’s legislative agenda ran up against the political reality that, for most bills, 60 votes are needed to shut off delaying tactics – known as filibusters – and bring bills to a final vote.