Assertion: senate's senator | /r/CapableOf | vote on a cloture motion
Facets:
value: traditionally
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: For example, if all 100 senators voted on a cloture motion, 67 of those votes would have to be for cloture for it to pass; however if some senators were absent and only 80 senators voted on a cloture motion, only 54 would have to vote in favor.
text: Traditionally, 60 senators must vote for a cloture motion to pass, but Democrats, in 2013, and Republicans, in 2017, invoked the “nuclear option,” which allows a simple majority of just 51 senators to approve it (even though official Senate rules still say 60 votes are needed).
text: For example, if all 100 senators voted on a cloture motion, 67 of those votes would have to be for cloture for it to pass; however if some senators were absent and only 80 senators voted on a cloture motion, only 54 would have to vote in favor.