Cloture Rules News Today

A controversial bill is causing the Nebraska Legislature to consider changes.

January 26, 2021 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has backed off his demands to protect the 60-vote rule, but the issue could come back up later. With Democrats now holding the Senate majority, talk of eliminating the filibuster has ramped up. So what is a filibuster and why is the issue coming up now? "A filibuster is really extended debate, extended amending activity, whatever it takes to block the majority from going to a vote on whatever it is theyre pursuing," said Sarah Binder, a se...

Place, the cloture rules. in 1970, there were, i think, 53 cloture petitions filed. since 1970 there have been 1,700 filed. its promiscuous, meaningless. get the senate back to what it was. >> make them stand up. >> sure. >> make them talk. >> agonizing adventure. >> has been advocating for and just demonstrated this week exactly how painful it can be. he did a 15-hour filibuster, held the floor the entire night. >> good lord. >> it would be something that many members of the senate would then h...

When i listen to any republican or democrat complain about this, when you look at the cloture rules, we call this politics. republicans can complain, but trust me if the shoot was on the other foot, i guarantee 14 republicans would have fled the state. thats what happening in politics. >> if theyre not there, you cant have a quorum, cant have a vote. so obviously weakening the collective bargaining for workers. >> it does, and you dont use any tactics. 1 out of 13 workers in that state is unempl...