Source: Exiled Policy
by Jason Pye
“Conservatives want you to believe that the ‘talking filibuster’ is the norm in the Senate. This is misleading. What these conservatives aren’t describing is how the Senate actually works today. Before the adoption of the cloture motion in 1917 — found in Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate — there wasn’t a way to force an end to debate. Prior to 1917, senators could use various tactics to stop a bill from moving forward, ranging from objecting to unanimous consent to engaging in a talking filibuster. What we think of as the modern-day filibuster—the cloture motion—was created out of necessity during World War I, after the Senate proved incapable of ending debate on critical wartime legislation.” (02/19/26)
https://exiledpolicy.substack.com/p/conservatives-talking-filibuster