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5. Except the filibuster can't be used to block executive branch appointments.

On November 21, 2013, the Senate changed the filibuster rule so that the vote on cloture under Rule XXII for all nominations other than for the Supreme Court of the United States is by majority vote. This ruling's eliminated the 60-vote requirement to end a filibuster against all executive branch nominees and judicial nominees other than to the Supreme Court. The use of the filibuster to block Supreme Court nominees subsequently was eliminated in 2017.