All of the following are true of the filibuster EXCEPTa) traditionally, filibusters were rareb) in the twenty-first century, filibusters could be invoked without senators making long speeches to stop action in the Senatec) senators today are threatening to filibuster almost every significant piece of legislation that comes before the Senated) the constant threats to filibuster were sufficient to create a new, ad hoc rule that important legislation needs the support of sixty senators, not fiftye) most senators are satisfied with the increased use of the filibuster and do not want to abolish it

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