Support ending the Senate filibuster.

Byron Donalds · Florida · Republican

policy impact 0.60 specificity 0.55 extraction confidence 82%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Evidence

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Donalds' official House biography identifies him as a United States Congressman representing Florida's 19th Congressional District.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Establishes the relevant federal office: Donalds has served in the House, not the Senate, so he has not had a Senate rules vote on the filibuster.

unresolved same_term

Biography | U.S. Congressman Byron Donalds
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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The Senate explains that cloture generally requires three-fifths of all senators duly chosen and sworn, or 60 of 100 senators, to end debate.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Shows the legislative filibuster remained a Senate rule/procedure during Donalds' federal service; ending it had not been achieved.

never same_term

U.S. Senate: About Filibusters and Cloture
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

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On January 13, 2022, the House passed H.R. 5746 by 220-203; the Clerk records Byron Donalds, Republican of Florida, voting Nay.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Donalds did not support the House vehicle later used for the Senate voting-rights and filibuster-rules confrontation. This is related but not itself a direct Senate filibuster vote.

never same_term

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives: Roll Call 9, H.R. 5746
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%

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The Senate vote on whether the decision of the Chair should stand was held January 19, 2022; the decision was sustained 52-48.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official Senate roll call for the 2022 rules challenge shows the attempted rules change failed. Donalds was not a senator and did not cast a vote.

never same_term

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117th Congress, 2nd Session, Vote 10
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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Rule XXII requires an affirmative vote by three-fifths of senators duly chosen and sworn to close debate, except for a rules amendment where two-thirds of senators present and voting is required.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The standing rules still contain the supermajority cloture requirement, confirming the Senate filibuster was not ended.

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Standing Rules of the Senate, Rule XXII
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

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Axios reported that Senate Democrats failed on January 19, 2022 in their attempt to modify filibuster rules for a federal voting rights bill.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Provides contemporaneous context that the Senate roll-call decision was a failed filibuster-rules change, not a successful abolition of the filibuster.

never same_term

Democrats fail to change Senate rules to pass voting rights bill
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

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Donalds' office said he sent a letter to Majority Leader John Thune encouraging elimination of the legislative filibuster. In the letter, Donalds wrote: "I urge you to lead the charge to eliminate the legislative filibuster."

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official House-member press release shows Donalds took concrete action during later federal service by formally urging Senate leadership to eliminate the legislative filibuster and offering support to Senate Republicans for that objective. No newer official delivery or reversal was found in the August 11-13, 2026 lookback search.

delivered later_term A for effort

Donalds Calls On Majority Leader Thune To Eliminate The Senate Filibuster
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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Donalds' office summarized his Fox News appearance as discussing "the need to end the Senate filibuster" and quoted him: "It's time for the Senate filibuster to end."

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official House-member page documents Donalds publicly reaffirming support for ending the Senate filibuster in 2026, after the earlier Senate rules-change failure. This supports marking the commitment to support ending the filibuster as delivered, though it does not prove the Senate actually changed its rules.

delivered later_term A for effort

ICYMI: Donalds Joins The Big Weekend Show | U.S. Congressman Byron Donalds
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. later_term

The promise was to support ending the Senate filibuster, not to personally end it. Donalds is a House member and had no Senate rules vote, but official 2025 and 2026 materials show he publicly backed ending the filibuster and formally urged Senate leadership to eliminate the legislative filibuster. The Senate filibuster itself was not ended, but that does not defeat this support-based commitment.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. same_term

The promised outcome, ending the Senate filibuster, was not achieved during Donalds' federal service. Senate Rule XXII's supermajority cloture requirement remained in place, and the January 19, 2022 Senate rules challenge failed 52-48. Donalds served in the House rather than the Senate, so he had no direct Senate rules vote, and the available House evidence shows he voted Nay on H.R. 5746, the vehicle later tied to the filibuster-rules confrontation. There is no evidence of a serious Donalds-led attempt to end the filibuster, so no effort badge is warranted.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%