Under U.S. Senate rules, invoking cloture to end debate on most legislation requires 60 votes, while final passage of most bills requires a simple majority (typically 51 votes).
October 31, 2025
high
procedural
Describes vote thresholds and the cloture mechanism in the U.S. Senate.
The U.S. Senate filibuster requires a 60-vote threshold to invoke cloture and end debate on most matters in order to advance legislation to a final vote.
October 28, 2025
high
procedural
Describes the cloture rule commonly referred to as the filibuster in the U.S. Senate.
Invoking cloture in the U.S. Senate to end debate and overcome a filibuster typically requires 60 votes.
October 21, 2025
high
procedural
Describes the vote threshold commonly used to break a filibuster in the Senate.
The U.S. Senate's filibuster generally requires 60 votes to invoke cloture and end debate on most legislation and nominations.
October 09, 2025
high
temporal
Cloture is the procedure used to end debate in the Senate; the 60-vote threshold is the conventional supermajority requirement for most matters.
In the United States Senate, 60 affirmative votes are typically required to advance most legislation past procedural hurdles.
high
procedural
Cloture/filibuster threshold for advancing legislation in the Senate.
In the United States Senate, most legislation can be passed with a simple majority, but the filibuster is a Senate procedure that allows a single senator to delay debate and can be ended only by a 60-vote cloture vote, which effectively creates a 60-vote threshold to end debate on most legislation.
high
procedural
Explains how the filibuster and cloture interact with majority voting in the U.S. Senate.