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cloture glossary term ... Under the cloture rule (Rule XXII), the Senate may limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours, but only by vote of three-fifths of the full Senate, normally 60 votes.
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The cloture rule–Rule 22–is the only formal procedure that Senate rules provide for breaking a filibuster. A filibuster is an attempt to block or delay Senate action on a bill or other matter. Under cloture, the Senate may limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours of debate.
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Dodd and the other Democrats who voted against cloture were opposed to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) decision to make a FISA reauthorization bill drafted by the Intelligence Committee the base bill for the debate, instead of an alternative proposal approved by the Judiciary Committee.
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A White House-backed spy bill to protect telecommunication companies from billions of dollars in possible privacy lawsuits passed a Senate test vote on Wednesday and headed toward final congressional approval. ... A cloture vote today means a Friday vote, and that would allow Congress to send the bill for Bush’s signature...
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The D.C. Voting Rights Act has passed through cloture in the Senate, 62-34. It is now a certainty to pass into law. ... Chris Bowers :: D.C. Voting Right Act Achieves Cloture In Senate ... D.C. Voting Right Act Achieves Cloture In Senate | 16 comments...
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; Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on Monday said that a House-passed bill (HR 6331) that would delay a 10.6% reduction to Medicare physician fees that was scheduled to take effect last week might have enough votes in the Senate to gain cloture, even though it failed by one vote on June 26,
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Amnesty Fighters Gather at Pro Cloture US Senate State Offices Today! June 28, 2007 ; CONTACT: ALIPAC, (866) 329-3999, press@alipac.us; ... Amnesty Fighters Gather at Pro Cloture US Senate State Offices Today! Posted on Thursday, June 28 @ 08:18:07 EDT ; Topic: congress senate illegal Immigration Laws...
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Cloture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In parliamentary procedure, cloture (pronounced /ˈkloʊtʃər/ KLOH -chər ), also called closure and sometimes a guillotine , is a motion or process aimed at bringing debate to a qu...
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