The Filibuster and Filibuster Reform in the US Senate, 1917

Jun 06, 2016 · cloture may be applied to procedural motions (such as the motion to proceed), thereby making it possible to limit debate with the requisite number of votes and get a vote on a bill

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2 The Senate adopted a cloture rule in 1917 That early rule required a two-thirds majority vote to invoke cloture and allowed each senator to speak for an ad-ditional hour afterwards Over the next 50 years, the Senate successfully invoked cloture only five times Current Senate rules require at least 16 senators to sign a cloture petition

The Filibuster in the US Senate: Options for Reform

The cloture rule was created in 1917 at the behest of President Woodrow Wilson, who was angry about a Republican filibuster of legislation to arm merchant marine ships prior to the United States entering World War I In the early years after the Senate adopted the cloture rule, there was no cloture petition in 8 of 21 Congresses The most

What is the “60 Vote Rule” in the Senate?

against the Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I and against civil-rights legislation such as anti-lynching legislation and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 During this time period, invoking cloture required 67 votes if all 100 Senators were voting Between 1919 and 1960, only four out of 23 cloture movements successfully reached the two-

How Measures Are Brought to the Senate Floor: A Brief

Oct 16, 2019 · 7 From the time the cloture rule was first adopted in 1917 until 1949, the motion to proceed was not subject to cloture From 1949 until 1959, cloture could be invoked on a motion to proceed except when the underlying measure would amend Senate rules 8 See S Res 16, 113th Congress