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The Talking Filibuster is the historical norm
Posted on 2/3/26 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 2/3/26 at 3:31 pm
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If tweet fails to load, click here. Cloture—which allows for a supermajority of senators to end the talking filibuster—first became available in 1917, but still wasn’t used routinely
The Zombie Filibuster—in which senators could have the benefit of ongoing debate without actually speaking—has now become the norm
But the OG filibuster is still the Talking Filibuster, even though it has atrophied as senators have grown attached to and dependent upon cloture as the exclusive mechanism for advancing most legislation
It’s time to bring the Talking Filibuster back—not from the dead, but from a prolonged slumber
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Posted on 2/3/26 at 3:35 pm to Ailsa
BINGO!
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Just eliminate the Zombie Filibuster.
Problem solved.
The "zombie filibuster" is a procedure where a senator only needs to threaten a 60-vote threshold to block legislation, rather than actively holding the floor with 10+ hours of debate. It was created by 1970s rule changes. This tactic allows a minority to obstruct legislation without physically having to speak on the Senate floor for the given time. Senators could tradeoff their time, but by rule, are only allowed 2 bites at the apple. So filibuster length would be constrained to the time each Senator could continue to run her/his mouth x 2.
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