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I don't quite agree with "typically". The numbers of filibusters (and cloture votes) has radically increased in recent history, but I'm not sure if you can real
by mayneack 10y ago
I don't quite agree with "typically". The numbers of filibusters (and cloture votes) has radically increased in recent history, but I'm not sure if you can really call it the default behavior yet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_States_Senate#21st_century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_State...
https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/cloture_motions/clotureCounts.htm https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/cloture_motions/...
Also, it's not even applied to 50% of resolutions:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/statistics https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/statistics