In 2013, Senate majority leader Harry Reid pushed through a change in the cloture rule to stop filibusters for executive and many judicial nominees by requiring this number of votes to end debate and move to a vote:

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In 2013, Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats changed the cloture rule for executive and judicial nominees (except for the Supreme Court) to require a simple majority of 51 votes to end debate, instead of the previous 60 votes. This change is often referred to as the "nuclear option."

In 2013, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Pushed Through a Change