Rule 22, the Senate's cloture rule, was adopted in 1917.
Sources
- Filibuster, cloture: US Senate rules featured in abortion debate | Politics News | Al Jazeera (aljazeera.com)
- https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture/senate-adopts-cloture-rule.htm (senate.gov)
- https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture.htm (senate.gov)
- https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R41342 (congress.gov)
- https://ballotpedia.org/Cloture (ballotpedia.org)
- https://archives-democrats-rules.house.gov/Archives/jcoc2n.htm (archives-democrats-rules.house.gov)
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