FILIBUSTER (Block with Debate/Threat) --CLOTURE MOTION (16 sigs → 2-day wait) | v CLOTURE VOTE / [60 votes] [ <60 votes ] / (Legislation) / (Bill stalls) v v DEBATE ENDS → FINAL VOTE FILIBUSTER WINS | | [51 votes for Nominations] | ↓ ↓ CONFIRMATION GRIDLOCK────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────BOTTOM LINE: Filibuster = 41-vote veto | Cloture = 60-vote key → Most laws need 60 votes to pass.
grok
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│ U.S. SENATE FILIBUSTER & CLOTURE HISTORY │└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘1789 ──────────────────────────────► NO CLOTURE │ Unlimited Debate (Filibuster reigns) │ 1841: Bank bill blocked ▼ 1870s: Anti-slavery filibusters1917 ──► RULE XXII CREATED │ 2/3 vote (67) to end debate │ First use: 1919 Treaty of Versailles ▼1930s–60s ──► CIVIL RIGHTS BATTLES │ 1938: Anti-lynching → Cloture fails │ 1957: Thurmond 24hr speech → No cloture │ 1964: Civil Rights Act → 71–29 CLOTURE PASSES (1st success) │ 1965: Voting Rights → 70–30 CLOTURE ▼1975 ──► THRESHOLD LOWERED │ ↓ 3/5 of Senate = 60 votes (for bills/motions) ▼1970s ──► "SILENT FILIBUSTER" BEGINS │ Threat = enough → No talking needed │ Dual-tracking: Senate moves on ▼2013 ──► NUCLEAR OPTION #1 (Reid) │ ↓ 51 votes for lower court + exec nominees ▼2017 ──► NUCLEAR OPTION #2 (McConnell) │ ↓ 51 votes for SUPREME COURT ▼2025 ──► CURRENT STATE ├─► LEGISLATION: 60-vote cloture required ├─► NOMINATIONS: 51-vote cloture (filibuster dead) └─► RECONCILIATION: No filibuster (tax/spending only)┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│ MODERN PROCESS (ASCII) │└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ FILIBUSTER (41+ block) ──► CLOTURE MOTION (16 sigs → 2 days) │ ▼ CLOTURE VOTE / [60 votes] [Fail] / (Bills) / (Stalls) ▼ ▼ DEBATE ENDS → PASS? FILIBUSTER WINS │ [51 votes] ◄── NOMINATIONS (SCOTUS, judges, exec)──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────BOTTOM LINE: Filibuster = minority veto | Cloture = 60-vote gate → 60 votes now required to pass most laws.
grok
1:30 PM EST
Senate Session - November 9, 2025
The Senate meets on Day 40 of the government shutdown
https://www.c-span.org/congress/?chamber=senate&date=2025-11-09
Trump pardons former Tennessee House speaker convicted of federal public corruption charges
Associated Press Nov 6, 2025
https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/trump-pardons-former-tennessee-house-speaker-convicted-of-federal-public-corruption-charges/article_b6f8e842-fc0a-4fa5-aaf6-0db55966a357.html
Trump pardons ex-NYPD officer who was convicted of helping China stalk an expat
President Donald Trump has granted a pardon to a former New York police sergeant who was convicted of helping China try to scare an ex-official into going back to his homeland
Associated Press
November 7, 2025, 4:38 PM
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-pardons-nypd-officer-convicted-helping-china-stalk-127314616
Trump pardons former MLB star Darryl Strawberry
Strawberry thanked Trump for "finalizing this part of my life, allowing me to be truly free and clean from all of my past."
Nov. 7, 2025, 2:28 PM EST / Updated Nov. 7, 2025, 3:05 PM EST
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-pardons-former-mlb-star-darryl-strawberry-rcna242633
House Press Gallery
@HouseDailyPress
During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Monday, November 7 through Sunday, November 16 as a district work period.
2:05 PM · Nov 7, 2025
https://x.com/HouseDailyPress/status/1986872548290699388
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump - Watch the All New “ABOVE, BELOW & BEYOND: A PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL” airing tomorrow [Sunday] on FOX Nation, celebrating 250 years of the United States Navy and Marine Corps!
Nov 08, 2025, 3:32 PM
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115515978292380146
Above, Below, and Beyond: The Department of the Navy Honors 250 Years of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps this Veterans Day
05 November 2025
This Veterans Day, the Department of the Navy commemorates 250 years of American seapower with “Above, Below, and Beyond,” a two-hour Presidential special airing Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, on Fox Nation.
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/4328579/above-below-and-beyond-the-department-of-the-navy-honors-250-years-of-the-us-na/
November 9, 2025
9:00 PM EST
Above, Below & Beyond: A Presidential Special: A Presidential Special Celebrating 250 Years of the Navy and Marines is a salute to those who have defended America’s strength, showcasing the full reach of the Navy and Marine Corps.
FOX Nation
https://nation.foxnews.com/above-below-beyond-a-presidential-special-nation/
Trump Pardons Cheyenne Diesel Delete Mechanic Troy Lake
President Donald Trump pardoned Troy Lake on Friday. The 65-year-old Wyoming diesel mechanic spent seven months in federal prison for tweaking and removing emissions systems on ailing engines. When he got the news, he wept.
November 07, 2025
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/11/07/trump-pardons-cheyenne-diesel-delete-mechanic-troy-lake/