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1918: oh no progressives are filibustering war money. let’s create “cloture” to cut them off with 2/3rds of voting senators 1972: oh no filibusters are eating up floor time, let’s make a two-track system to dodge them 1975: oh no, 2/3rds is a lot, let’s make it a flat 60 votes — PolitiTweet.org