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5. 54 votes isn't enough to end a specific filibuster, but 51 votes IS enough to kill it forever
Mon May 31, 2021, 10:52 AM
May 2021

A specific filibuster needs 60 votes to bring cloture, or end debate and move to a floor vote on a bill. The exception is reconciliation budget bills, which aren’t subject to the filibuster and can pass with a simple majority.

However, the senate majority leader can move to vote to change the rules; that motion can be filibustered, but the leader can overrule (aka the Nuclear Option) and proceed to a floor vote to change the rule, in this case the filibuster rule. If the rule change gets a simple majority, it stands.

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