Filibuster in the United States Senate

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Filibuster is a tactic used in the United States Senate to prevent a measure from being brought to a vote by means of obstruction. The most common form occurs when one or more senators attempt to delay or block a vote on a bill by extending debate on the measure. The Senate rules permit a senator, or a series of senators, to speak for as long as they wish, and on any topic they choose, unless "three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn"[1] (currently 60 out of 100) vote to bring the debate to a close by invoking cloture under Senate Rule XXII
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At times, the "nuclear option" has been proposed to eliminate the 60 vote threshold for certain matters before the Senate. The nuclear option is a parliamentary procedure that allows the United States Senate to override a standing rule of the Senate, including the 60-vote rule to close debate, by a simple majority of 51 votes, rather than the two-thirds supermajority normally required to amend the rules.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_option

[bullimiami]

1. Republicans nuked the most vital thing that should require consensus. Judicial appts.

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2. kick

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3. K&R

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4. Both parties have had the opportunity to kill the filibuster and have refused to do so.

Both parties have had the opportunity to kill the filibuster and have refused to do so.

They know they will find it useful sometime in the future.