Why Senate Democrats Had To Invoke The ‘Nuclear Option’

by Michael Collier on Nov 21, 2013 | Views: 174 | Score: 2

	# of Cloture Motions Filed
112th	115
111th	137
110th	139
109th	68
108th	62
107th	71
106th	71
105th	69
104th	82
103rd	80
102nd	60
101st	38
100th	54
99th	41
98th	41
97th	31
96th	30
95th	23

Sources: thinkprogress.org, senate.gov

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Michael Collier on Nov 21, 2013 12:26 PM said:

A common mechanism used to gauge the frequency of filibusters is the number of “cloture motions” filed during a particular Congress. "Cloture” is the procedure used to break a filibuster. While filibusters were not unheard of before Democrats gained their majority and Sen. Mitch McConnell became the Republican leader, they spiked the minute McConnell assumed his position (110th Congress)