Does anyone have a history of the "60 votes needed" to pass a bill in the Senate?
I could have sworn that within my lifetime, the press talked about "50 votes needed" to pass a bill. Then at some point in the Bush years, threat of filibuster was regularly invoked, making 60 votes the requirement in practice.
Now no one even mentions a filibuster. As a non-American, it's rather strange.
I could have sworn that within my lifetime, the press talked about "50 votes needed" to pass a bill. Then at some point in the Bush years, threat of filibuster was regularly invoked, making 60 votes the requirement in practice.
Now no one even mentions a filibuster. As a non-American, it's rather strange.