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To: Paladin2

You refuse to acknowledge that without 60 votes, there is no need to pretend to act


17 posted on 01/10/2019 6:33:49 PM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Princess Gray Beaver, for President?)
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To: bert

67 votes used to be the rule until 1975.

“In 1975, the Senate revised its cloture rule so that three-fifths of sworn senators (60 votes out of 100) could limit debate, except for changing Senate rules which still requires a two-thirds majority of those present and voting to invoke cloture.”


20 posted on 01/10/2019 7:57:50 PM PST by Paladin2
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