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 ________ votes to end debate and move to a vote.

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The change in the cloture rule in 2013, often referred to as the "nuclear option," reduced the number of votes required to end debate on executive and many judicial nominees (excluding Supreme Court nominees at that time) from 60 to a simple majority of 51 votes.

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