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The potential elimination of the legislative filibuster in the US Senate
During debate and related floor actions in May 2025, a small but public set of senators explicitly declared positions on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act: Democrats Alex Padilla, an...
can either slow or speed a bill through a set of well-worn — holds and unanimous-consent objections, extended debate or the (and cloture to end it), points of order, amendments, and special “fast-trac...
The Senate’s 60-vote “threshold” is not a single constitutional mandate but a collection of rules and practices — primarily cloture under Rule XXII and the filibuster — that make 60 votes the de facto...