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For endless debates on bills. later called filibusters. rarely was the filibuster enacted over the next century, mostly because the majority could just change the senate rules if the filibuster was used to thwart legislation. which is exactly what happened in 1917, when 12 anti-war senators managed to kill a military arms bill. president woodrow wilson urged the democratic senate to change the rules. they adopted cloture of debate, in which a 2/3 vote would end a filibuster. that lasted through 1975, when a procedural battle led to a compromise agreement that lowered the cloture threshold to o...
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