Why Senate Democrats Had To Invoke The ‘Nuclear Option’
| # 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
