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When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom whereby a supermajority of 60 votes is required to pass legislation.
If done the typical way, most of those policies would hit a dead end in the Senate controlled 53-47 by Republicans, as 60 votes are needed to pass the vast majority of bills.
Passing legislation through a special process known as reconciliation allows budget-related bills to get a floor vote in the Senate without needing 60 votes to overcome a filibuster. Republicans ...
Date of rally City State Venue Other speakers/features Ref. Sunday, January 19, 2025 Washington: DC: Capital One Arena: Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Lara Trump, Kai Trump, Stephen Miller, Dana White, Megyn Kelly, Steve Witkoff, Anuel AA, Kid Rock, Village People, Jon Voight, Lee Greenwood [29]
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of President-elect Trump’s strongest allies in the Senate, is calling on Republicans to advance ambitious economic and border security legislation through ...
The Senate can also set aside a provision of its Standing Rules by agreeing to a resolution to that effect. 60 votes are required to invoke cloture on such a resolution, so this is a more realistic alternative to an amendment to the rules. On January 25, 2013, the Senate agreed to S.Res. 15 by a vote of 78–16.
With portions of Trump's 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expiring this year, the party is looking to act quickly. But the tax debate in 2025 is expected to be more divided among Republicans than that ...
Gorsuch needed to win a simple majority vote of the full Senate (51 votes) to be confirmed; however, a filibuster by the opposition would add an additional requirement, a three-fifths supermajority vote in favor of cloture (60 votes), which would allow debate to end and force a final vote on confirmation.