Senate Democrats and President Biden are talking about changing the filibuster — a 60-vote threshold for most legislation in the Senate — in an effort to pass a set of voting rights bills.
hasn't been immune to change
That motion takes 60 votes to succeed. That is why you constantly hear that it takes 60 votes to get anything done in the U.S. Senate. If 60 votes or more are available, cloture is invoked and a set period of debate ensues — followed by a debate on the issue itself.The requirement to invoke cloture was originally two-thirds of the Senate. That was established when the Senate's tradition of unlimited debate was reformed in 1917.
Senate leaders no longer required filibustering senators to hold the floor for hours, so the drama of all-night sessions that might last for weeks has faded into memory.
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