Mike Lee

And you keep going until those who are filibustering...

exhaust themselves until they are exhausted and they can't go any further.

There are some limits on it.

You can speak only twice on the same legislative matter on the same legislative day.

We can remain in the same legislative day for weeks or even months on end.

And that has happened for prolonged periods of time in the past.

But over the last few decades, we've sort of lost that part of it.

And we have allowed senators to have the benefits of filibustering without actually going to the Senate chamber, standing up, getting recognized, and speaking.

And so it's become what I refer to as the zombie filibuster.

So you have these two concepts.

You've got the zombie filibuster.

You just say, nah, I don't like that bill.

I'm going to vote against cloture.

Cloture is a vote that takes 60.

It brings debate to a close by 50%.

force of will of the Senate.

Um, so that's the zombie filibuster.

All you have to do is say, I'm not going to support cloture.

I will vote against cloture or you vote against cloture when the time comes.

No speaking required.