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As I understand it, it actually used to (none / 0) (#3)
by andgarden on Sat Nov 17, 2007 at 02:06:32 PM EST
be even easier to filibuster. Before the 1960s, Cloture required 67 votes. The only time a "real filibuster" has ever been required is when debate has been limited in some way (ordering of the previous question before 1919, and cloture thereafter).

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