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Did I just hear Rick say they've voted on ending the Filibuster before, during the 90's and it was the DEMS that put it foward???
Ooooooooo I gotta go do some digging!

Most recently, in January 1995, when Republicans took control of the Senate for the first time in years, two Democratic Senators, Tom Harkin of Iowa and future Vice-Presidential candidate Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, proposed changing the filibuster rules so that a simple majority could end debate. Bob Dole, then the new Majority Leader, rejected the proposal, mindful of a time when the Republicans would no longer hold a majority and would need tactics such as a filibuster to block legislation.
http://www.newsaic.com/ftvww39n.html

I thought I read something like that recently.

Just found it.....But this was agreed to. I think this is it, I gotta find out more.

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 104^th Congress - 1^st Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Harkin Amdt No. 1 )
Vote Number:	1	Vote Date:	January 5, 1995, 11:31 AM
Required For Majority:	1/2	Vote Result:	Motion to Table Agreed to
Amendment Number:	S.Amdt. 1 to S.Res. 14
Statement of Purpose:	To amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to permit cloture to be invoked by a decreasing majority vote of Senators down to a majority of all Senators duly chosen and sworn.

Vote Counts:	YEAs	76
	NAYs	19
	Not Voting	5

WAIT STOP............That vote was just a motion to table.

I couldn't figure out why Harkin voted nay.