2021 US Senate Composition. Loomis/Sayles https://www.advisorperspectives.com/images/content_image/data/7b/7b6b6b002b68f3db2439165fc33d5cc5.png
Not surprisingly, Democratic politicians and strategists have framed their efforts to overcome the Senate filibuster to further their agenda. A filibuster is a delaying tactic to prevent a vote from being taken on a bill. Once a simple majority of a Senate committee (50 percent plus 1) approves of a bill, it goes to the floor for a vote by the entire Senate. If a simple majority of the Senate approves of the bill, it becomes law. Before the Senate votes on the bill, it can be debated and debated. The debate continues until some number of Senators vote to end the debate and vote on the bill. The number of votes needed to end debate is set by rules on which the Senators also vote. The number of votes necessary to end debate is 60, 10 more than the Democrats are likely to muster.
Most Democratic Senators would like to see the number of Senators needed to end a debate reduced to a simple majority. This reduction in the number of Senators required to end a debate would follow a trend started in 1975. Then the number of votes was changed from 67 to 60. Senators rationalized this change as necessary because it was too difficult to get 67 votes to end a filibuster.
Most Democratic Senators would like to see the number of Senators needed to end a debate reduced to a simple majority. This reduction in the number of Senators required to end a debate would follow a trend started in 1975. Then the number of votes was changed from 67 to 60. Senators rationalized this change as necessary because it was too difficult to get 67 votes to end a filibuster.