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In exchange for ending the filibuster against judicial nominees, the Republicans offered to end the practice of bottling up appellate-court nominees in committee (a nod to President Clinton's nominees who were denied floor votes), and to guarantee up to 100 hours of debate on each nomination.
With Democrats now holding the Senate majority, talk of eliminating the filibuster has ramped up. "A filibuster is really extended debate, extended amending activity, whatever it takes to block ...
Forcing a vote to end a filibuster requires the support of 10 senators. Eighteen senators then need to vote to end the debate – called moving the previous question or PQ – to end the filibuster.
Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina famously staged one for 24 hours and 18 minutes — still the record — against civil rights legislation in 1957.
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[a] [10] Senators could theoretically prevent passage of a reconciliation bill by offering an unending series of amendments in a process colloquially known as a "vote-a-rama", [b] but, unlike the modern filibuster, senators introducing these amendments must stand up and verbally offer the amendments.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957
With Democrats now holding the Senate majority, talk of eliminating the filibuster has ramped up. "A filibuster is really extended debate, extended amending activity, whatever it takes to block ...