Paul Weyrich of the Free Congress Foundation (freecongress.org) noted recently that since the mid-1970s, the Senate has not had a real filibuster, the kind that has Senators sleeping on cots, with possible cloture votes in the middle of the night. Since then the Senate has had only "Cadillac" filibusters. The Family Research Council (frc.org) offers this background: The Senate requires 60 votes to cut off debate, that is, to override a senator's control of the floor. So long as a senator is speaking on a bill -- filibustering -- no vote can be held unless 60 senators agree to end...