# Opinion | The crisis Biden can’t duck - The Washington Post

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## Metadata
- Author: [[washingtonpost.com]]
- Full Title: Opinion | The crisis Biden can’t duck - The Washington Post
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- URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/things-are-about-to-get-a-lot-harder-for-joe-biden/2021/03/03/473c562a-7c5b-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html?cmdid=D0S64YWCSCETWD

## Highlights
- In the entire span from 1917 and 1970 (53 years), there were only 58 cloture motions. From 1971 to 2006 (35 years), there were 928 cloture motions. Since 2007 (less than 14 years), there have been 1,307.
    - Tags: [[s_politics]] [[senate]] [[public_policy]] [[filibuster]]