I think you missed the [real] news. The recent voting rights bill failed because it couldn't get past the Republican filibuster, which is disassociated with any length of time or even talking. A senator merely has to declare a filibuster, then 60 votes are required for cloture.
Written by K Seles
Architect by vocation. Individualist by inclination. Political sociologist, anthropologist, rationalist, philosophist, and cosmologist by avocation.