This filibuster marked the first time a cabinet nominee was successfully filibustered. Today, judicial nominations can no longer be filibustered, although the filibuster still exists in general. The debate was filibustered, with a motion of cloture falling four votes short. However, it was filibustered (failed cloture) on Jul 30, 2008, and withdrawn. Stein's nomination was filibustered by Republicans in the United States Senate. Republicans regularly supported anti-lynching bills, but these were filibustered by Southern Democrats in the Senate. He became the first Obama judicial nominee to be successfully filibustered in the Senate. In 2003, after Republicans had taken the Senate back, Democrats filibustered her. Conservative Democrats filibustered again, and Morton refused to aid Republican senators in ending it. A Federal Elections Bill, the "Lodge Bill," (1890) was successfully filibustered in the Senate. In February 2003, the Democrats successfully filibustered the nomination of Miguel Estrada. Later, nine other conservative court of appeals nominees were also filibustered. On September 22, 2015, the bill was filibustered in the Senate. As a senator, Black filibustered an anti-lynching bill. Republicans successfully filibustered the seating of Durkin.