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The Impact of the Filibuster on Federal Policymaking

by James Wallner
Dec 5, 2019
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issues: Federal Government Affairs, Governance, Restoring the First Branch
originally published in Center for American Progress
From Center for American Progress:

Cloture votes reached a high of 218 for the two-year period under the 113th Congress (2013–2014). In the most recent full session, the 115th Congress (2017–2018), there were 168 cloture votes. This was a Congress that the conservative R Street Institute described as “more dysfunctional than ever”—only 52 pieces of legislation were passed in the Senate by a recorded vote.30

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