They could not break a Republican filibuster against their bill and move to a final vote.

The vote was 62 to 37, or two more than necessary to break a Republican filibuster.

Senate failed to break a Republican filibuster on similar bill.

But their support fell well short of the 60 votes needed to break a Republican filibuster.

At the time, Republicans were six votes short of the number required to break a filibuster.

That left them nine votes short today of the 60 needed to break a Republican filibuster against the bill.

Republicans have 55 votes in the Senate, short of the 60 it takes to break a filibuster.

But under Senate rules, it takes 60 votes to break a filibuster.

The measure fell 4 short of the necessary 60 votes to break a filibuster.

All the parliamentary skills in the world cannot break filibusters.