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.
A. 60
B. 40
C. 67
D. 75
E. 51
Answer: E
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