For a second time in just a few weeks, Republicans used the filibuster to block Democrats from bringing key legislation to the Senate floor, stalling the party’s agenda and forcing lawmakers to confront the limits of a bare majority.

Democrats this week also began grappling with divisions within their party over whether to eliminate the 60-vote threshold that now makes it easy for the GOP to stop Democratic legislation from ever reaching the floor.

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