INTRO
The Senate approved a deal Thursday that will keep the chamber’s long-standing 60-vote threshold for halting a filibuster but streamline some of the chamber’s more cumbersone procedure. The rules changes would reduce yet not eliminate the number of times opponents — usually minority-party Republicans these days — can use filibusters, procedural tactics which can derail legislation and which can be stopped only by the votes of 60 of the 100 senators.
TRY BRIDGE-ISSUE AGREEMENT
Too often over the past four years, a single Senator or a handful of Senators has been able to unilaterally block or delay bipartisan legislation for the sole purpose of making a political Sentor Merkley said in a statement: "These steps are modest, and don't address the core problem of the secret, silent filibuster, but they do include some important elements, providing flexibility on the motion to proceed and speeding up the confirmation process on nominations. Instead of trying to complete overhaul the filibuster process, the Senate has agree to relatively minor issues before moving on to tacking other more complex issues with filibuster process
CONCLUSION
Reid and McConnell's agreement keeps the basics of the filibuster in place but limits any one senator's ability to stall a bill's initial movement to be considered on the floor. The agreement will allow uncontroversial federal nominations to happen more quickly, except for Cabinet and Supreme Court candidates. It also can speed up the pace of the Senate, putting more pressure on that body to translate debate into action.

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