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2. Filibuster in the United States Senate - Wikipedia

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   This is commonly regarded as the "silent filibuster." [37] In 1975, the Senate revised its cloture rule so that three-fifths of senators duly chosen and sworn could limit debate (except for measures amending the Standing Rules, on which a two-thirds majority of those present and voting is still needed to invoke cloture).

3. Some Senate Democrats Want New Talking Filibuster Rule - AOL

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   Senators often "filibuster" a bill with a simple no vote on a procedural motion — no long-winded speeches required. "It really requires people that have or are in opposition to legislation to ...

4. We the People: Senate rules for filibuster up for debate ...

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   Oct. 30—Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens. Today's question: How many senators does each ...

5. Biden endorses changing Senate rules to require a 'talking ...

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   "The filibuster allows a senator to block a bill by refusing to yield the floor unless at least 60 colleagues vote to end the debate and proceed to a vote," The Washington Post explains.

6. Breaking the Filibuster

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   The Huffington Post is tracking where Democratic senators stand on filibuster reform — specifically, the "talking filibuster," which would require senators to participate in debate in order to block legislation. If every Republican senator votes against the legislation, 51 Democratic senators — or 50 plus Vice President Joe Biden breaking ...

7. Standing Rules of the United States Senate - Wikipedia

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   The longest filibuster speech in the history of the Senate was delivered by Strom Thurmond, who spoke for over twenty-four hours in an unsuccessful attempt to block the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The Senate may end a filibuster by invoking cloture. In most cases, cloture requires the support of three-fifths of the Senate.

8. Big voting bill faces defeat as 2 Dems won't stop filibuster

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   The Democratic senators, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, faced strong criticism from Black leaders and civil rights organizations for failing to take on what critics ...

9. Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957

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   This made the filibuster the longest single-person filibuster in United States Senate history, a record that still stands as of 2025. The filibuster focused primarily on asserting that the bill in question, which provided for expanded federal protection of African American voting rights, was both unnecessary and unconstitutional, and Thurmond ...