That really isn't the case anymore. That wasn't even what was happening over the past few days. They can't force anything.
The Senate allows any senator to object to the end of debate on almost anything. That doesn't mean that they have to acually be physically debating the issue. They can just be sitting there ready to object in the event of a unanimous consent request to end debate. They must get 60 votes to invoke cloture to end debate.
None of this has to do with speeches!! That is just when you don't have enough votes to defeat cloture and want to stall anyway.
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