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" ... Democrats could break the practice of requiring a 60-vote threshold for most legislation. Democrats already did something similar for non-Supreme Court nominees in 2013 after Senate Republicans attempted to filibuster multiple Obama nominees to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit as well as other offices. Republicans retaliated in 2017 by lowering the threshold for Supreme Court nominees to a simple majority, securing Neil Gorsuch’s ascent to the highest court. ... "
" ... “Part of the reason people like to have the filibuster around is that it protects moderates of the majority party from the more extreme members of their own party,” Fong said. “Even if you have the votes necessary, it may not be worth it because the opponents will make you spend 60 or 80 or 100 hours debating the bill.” ... "