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US Senate Filibuster Reform

Debate on reforming the US Senate filibuster to pass voting rights legislation

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Jan 20, 2026

What procedural reforms to the Senate filibuster have been proposed to allow voting-rights legislation to pass, and which senators support them?

A slate of targeted procedural fixes—ranging from a “talking filibuster,” carve-outs for voting and democracy bills, a “step‑down” cloture process or one‑off nuclear option, and raising the floor for ...

Jan 9, 2026

What happened during past attempts to reform the Senate 60-vote rule?

Multiple reform efforts have repeatedly reshaped—but not eliminated—the Senate’s 60-vote cloture threshold: an initial cloture rule was adopted in 1917, the threshold was lowered to 60 votes in 1975 a...

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