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''See also [[Senate rules change]] and [[nuclear option]]''.

''See also [[Senate rules change]] and [[nuclear option]]''.

<br>A '''filibuster''' blocks a vote on a bill or nominee, causing its defeat. The term applies most commonly to the [[United States Senate]], but filibusters exist in many state senates too. There are variations on a filibuster allowed in some state houses or assemblies, such in the Texas House, where it is called "chubbing".<ref>http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/texas-house-of-representatives/texplainer-what-is-chubbing/</ref>  The U.S. House of Representatives does not allow any filibusters or equivalents.

 

A '''filibuster''' is the use of speaking privileges to block a vote on a bill or nominee, typically in the U.S. Senate. The House of Representatives does not allow filibusters or anything equivalent.

 

The term applies most commonly to the [[United States Senate]], but filibusters exist in many state senates too. There are variations on a filibuster allowed in some state houses or assemblies, such in the Texas House, where it is called "chubbing".<ref>http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/texas-house-of-representatives/texplainer-what-is-chubbing/</ref>  c

Under the rules of the U.S. Senate, one senator can delay a vote by talking for hours and hours, and 41 senators (less than a majority) can defeat a bill.<ref>[[Budget Reconciliation bill]]s cannot be filibustered.  Supreme Court nominees could be filibustered until April 6, 2017, when the [[Republican]]s invoked the [[nuclear option]] to end it in order to confirm [[Neil Gorsuch]].</ref>  Filibusters do not occur in the House of Representatives because its rules do not allow it.  Prior to 1975, merely one-third of the Senate plus one (34 votes) could successful defeat a bill or nomination with a filibuster.  The Senate ended use of the filibuster rule for Supreme Court nominees on April 6, 2017.

Under the rules of the U.S. Senate, one senator can delay a vote by talking for hours and hours, and 41 senators (less than a majority) can defeat a bill.<ref>[[Budget Reconciliation bill]]s cannot be filibustered.  Supreme Court nominees could be filibustered until April 6, 2017, when the [[Republican]]s invoked the [[nuclear option]] to end it in order to confirm [[Neil Gorsuch]].</ref>  Filibusters do not occur in the House of Representatives because its rules do not allow it.  Prior to 1975, merely one-third of the Senate plus one (34 votes) could successful defeat a bill or nomination with a filibuster.  The Senate ended use of the filibuster rule for Supreme Court nominees on April 6, 2017.