claim: on preserving 60-vote threshold to end a senate filibuster.
author: ted cruz
evidence_1: dec 13, 2017 ... rule xxii is the senate rule that defines cloture – a motion to bring debate to a  close ... the 60-vote threshold is what empowers filibusters or minority ... and  minority leaders to help them preserve 60 votes for most legislation.
evidence_2: nov 11, 2016 ... ... of eliminating the 60-vote threshold for their legislative priorities. ... for all those  troublesome senate cloture votes to try to break filibusters (a ...
evidence_3: apr 11, 2017 ... the recent elimination of the senate filibuster for judicial nominees has ... is no  longer the need for the senate to achieve a 60-vote threshold to move to a ...  cloture—the process for ending debate in the senate—can now be ...
evidence_4: apr 7, 2017 ... historically, the threshold for overcoming a filibuster is for 60 senators to agree to  vote to end debate. however, this week the republican-led ...
evidence_5: jun 18, 2013 ... 2, in 2007, the majority leader said to do so would be the end of the senate. ....  frankly, the 60-vote threshold is what has protected and saved ...