Limited Filibuster Reform Surrounds Patricia Millett’s Nomination

This story was filed on November 21, 2013

WaPo article here. The Senate voted 57 to 40, with three abstentions, to reconsider Millett’s nomination. Several procedural votes followed. The Senate parliamentarian, speaking through Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), the chamber’s president pro tempore, then ruled that 60 votes … Continue reading →read more

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