Sentence examples for a filibuster requiring from inspiring English sources

Holds are effectively a filibuster, requiring 60 votes to overcome.

And under budget rules, any tax cut that fits within the boundaries established by the resolution can be passed by a majority vote in the Senate after limited debate instead of facing the prospects of a filibuster requiring 60 votes to end.

That means the tax reduction could be approved with 50 votes instead of the 60 that overcoming a filibuster requires.

Since a filibuster requires a bill to gain a 60-vote majority, a group of 41 senators can halt almost any piece of legislation.

Of the 45 or so appeals courts candidates who have gone to the Senate floor, the Democrats have blocked 10, going so far as to use a filibuster, or threat of an extended debate, to stop consideration on all 10.The Republicans hold a slim majority with 51 votes, but overcoming a filibuster requires 60 votes.

Reid has the votes in his caucus to pass the legislation, but only if Republicans do not filibuster it (a filibuster requires 60 votes to be dispensed with).

That is a valid concern but here is a bigger question for the Senator: why is it that the Senate cannot simply conduct all business on the basis of its merits and not require complicated mathematical gambits to get something done (cloture, the act of shutting down a filibuster, requires 60 votes instead of a simple majority)?

Several younger senators have proposed a "talking filibuster," requiring members who object to a bill to stay on the floor and keep discussing their reasons for blocking it.

And, instead of simply declaring an intention — the only effort a modern filibuster requires — they have to do something; to wit, camp out in cheap motels at their own expense, away from their families.

If the Democrats filibuster the nomination, Republicans would need 60 votes to end the filibuster, requiring some Democrats to join the Republicans.

Brennan probably has the 60 votes to end a filibuster, which is why Paul's filibuster required him to actually talk.