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The Senate’s so‑called “60‑vote rule” is not a standalone constitutional mandate but a product of evolving chamber practices: it refers to the three‑fifths cloture threshold established by Senate rule...
The 1975 Senate change lowering cloture to 60 votes is portrayed in the documents as a driven by multiple senators rather than a single architect. Contemporary accounts and later summaries credit a co...
In 1975 the Senate rewrote cloture practice: it reduced the votes needed to end debate to while preserving a stricter requirement for amendments to the Senate’s Standing Rules. The change emerged from...
The Senate’s modern “60-vote rule” dates to a formal change in the cloture rule in , when the Senate lowered the threshold for ending debate from a two‑thirds supermajority to , effectively establishi...