 GOP leaders "appealed openly to bankers for financial support by touting their opposition to financial reform" following the 2008 financial crisis, while "leading GOP strategists" accused Democrats of bailing out Wall Street and "putting taxpayers on the hook," in "'populist' commercials and sound bites" for voters.In the early 1990s, the minority party in the Senate (often the Republicans) made use of the filibuster to create "something approaching a de facto 'rule of sixty'", whereby 60 votes rather than a majority, were needed to pass laws.While only about 8% of major bills in the 1960s were filibustered, 70% were from 2000-2010.