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United States Senate Committee on Armed Services. To receive testimony on the posture of United States Northern Command and United States Southern Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program

Since 1976 the Senate Historical Office has conducted interviews with senators and staff. These oral histories help to provide a fuller and richer understanding of the history of the Senate and of its role in governing the nation.

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In 1917, with frustration mounting and at the urging of President Woodrow Wilson, senators adopted a rule (Senate Rule 22) that allowed the Senate to invoke cloture and limit debate with a two-thirds majority vote. This rule was first put to the test in 1919, when the Senate invoked cloture to end a filibuster against the Treaty of Versailles.