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Technically, any one senator can filibuster a bill in the Senate. Senate rules provide that any senator may speak on a subject for so long as they may remain standing and speaking.

Rule changes throughout the 1900s, especially those in the 1970s, now allow closure of debate to be passed with the consent of 60 senators. Therefore, in order to sustain a filibuster, a senator would require 41 other senators to agree with them.

In reality, if 41 senators agree, a bill will not progress to a vote on the floor.

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