Date: March 9, 1971
Subject: Filibuster Rule
Description: Mansfield (D-MT) motion to table (kill) Javits (R-NY) challenge of Vice-Presient Agnew's ruling requiring an affirmative vote of two-thirds of Senators present and voting (instead of a simple majority) to invoke cloture. The challenge of Vice President Agnew's ruling, if upheld, would have been to ignore Rule 22 in order to abolish it without invoking two-thirds cloture. A "yes" vote was a vote to uphold the filibuster rule.
Result: Motion to Table Agreed to, 55-37
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