Articles Tagged “cloture”

  • Ending the U.S. Senate Filibuster Rule

    by Ralph E. Stone on Nov 29, 2012 | 4 Comments

    There is increasing sentiment in the U.S. Senate to end or reform the filibuster. As we have seen in the last sessions of Congress, a 41-vote minority of Republican senators has effectively bottled up or killed legislation.

    Posted in Opinion, Politics