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Quote by Peter Fenn
In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times

In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture motions filed, plus threats of more. This is the tyranny of the minority. – Peter Fenn

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