get_senate_cloture_votes() returns a tibble of the number of cloture motions,
cloture votes, and successful cloture votes in the Senate during each Congress
since 1917.
Value
A tibble with the number of cloture motions, cloture votes, and successful cloture votes in each Congress.
Details
The data is sourced from the official Senate website, specifically https://www.senate.gov/legislative/cloture/clotureCounts.htm.
Examples
get_senate_cloture_votes()
#> # A tibble: 55 × 5
#> congress years motions_filed votes_on_cloture cloture_invoked
#> <int> <chr> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1 119 2025-2026 52 48 45
#> 2 118 2023-2024 266 241 227
#> 3 117 2021-2022 336 289 270
#> 4 116 2019-2020 328 298 270
#> 5 115 2017-2018 201 168 157
#> 6 114 2015-2016 128 123 60
#> 7 113 2013-2014 252 218 187
#> 8 112 2011-2012 115 73 41
#> 9 111 2009-2010 137 91 63
#> 10 110 2007-2008 139 112 61
#> # ℹ 45 more rows