First invoked in 1919 during the Senate debate over the Treaty of Versailles, it was revised in 1975 to have a sixty vote requirement instead of a sixty-seven vote one.
Though it was established by Rule 22 in 1917, Henry Clay proposed it as early as 1841 in response to the Democrats' efforts to block the passage of his bank bill. First invoked in 1919 during the Senate debate over the Treaty of Versailles, it was revised in 1975 to have a sixty vote requirement instead of a sixty-seven vote one. For 10 points—name this Senate rule that can be used to override a filibuster and bring a bill to a vote.
Though it was established by Rule 22 in 1917, Henry Clay proposed it as early as 1841 in response to the Democrats' efforts to block the passage of his bank bill.
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