Can someone tell me when it went to 60 votes to kill the filibuster?

[mrgorth]

Thanks.

[slackmaster]

1. The 60-vote cloture rule dates from 1975

Here's the scoop: http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Filibuster_Cloture.htm

[cheezus]

3. went from 2/3 to 3/5

In 1975, the Senate reduced the number of votes required for cloture from two-thirds (67) to three-fifths (60) of the 100-member Senate.

[whistle]

4. Thanks for that link....

...so it seems that at one time an elected representative could go on for as long as he could endure, then came cloture (67%) then the two thirds rule (60%). Now the simple majority wants to rule (51%). Well they can't be allowed to have what they want.

<snip from you link>

Many Americans are familiar with the hours-long filibuster of Senator Jefferson Smith in Frank Capra's film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, but there have been some famous filibusters in the real-life Senate as well. During the 1930s, Senator Huey P. Long effectively used the filibuster against bills that he thought favored the rich over the poor. The Louisiana senator frustrated his colleagues while entertaining spectators with his recitations of Shakespeare and his reading of recipes for "pot-likkers." Long once held the Senate floor for fifteen hours. The record for the longest individual speech goes to South Carolina's J. Strom Thurmond who filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

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[RobertSeattle]

2. Smart Aleck answer - when Hawaii joined the union in 1959?

:evilgrin:

[slackmaster]

5. Hawaii is a STATE now?

:dunce:

[rurallib]

7. Call back the minutemen

No need to guard the border with Hawaii anymore.

[rurallib]

6. Saw Biden on c-span today

He gave an impassioned speech with quite a history lesson. Seems until 1917 one single senator could totally stop proceedings, when the cloture rule was adopted with a 2/3 vote. Then as noted 1975 things ratcheted down again.
It gets so sickening to hear Repubs lie about this and not be challenged.