Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

All Filibusters, All the Time

In a 60-vote Senate, all measures are subject to the procedure.

May 9, 2014 at 7:44 PM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell declared the 60-vote Senate when President Barack Obama was first elected. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell declared the 60-vote Senate when President Barack Obama was first elected. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

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Judging from Glenn Kessler's takedown of a claim by Barack Obama, I guess I need to go over the right way to count filibusters, again.

The correct count of how many bills have been filibustered during Obama's presidency is: approximately all of them.