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Purpose: Cloture votes are used in the Senate to end debate and move to a final up-or-down vote on the matter. The Senate cannot move forward until cloture is agreed to. Voting against cloture is essentially a filibuster.
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Purpose: Cloture votes are used in the Senate to end debate and move to a final up-or-down vote on the matter. Cloture means ending debate and moving forward: the Senate can't move on until cloture is agreed to.
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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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www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/cloture.htm
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Vote Summary ... Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion To Invoke Cloture On Bill S. 256 ) ... Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to...
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Us popular vote? Purpose of popular vote? Purpose of the popular vote? The purpose of a cloture vote is? What is the natue purpose of state? What is the purpose of popular vote? What does the term popular vote mean?
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• Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on S.1639) ; • Vote Number: 235; • Vote Date: June 28, 2007, 11:04 AM ; • Required For Majority: 3/5 ; • Vote Result: Cloture Motion Rejected ; ... • Amendment Number: S. 1639; • Statement of Purpose: A bill to provide for comprehensive...
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www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/28/dobbs.cloture6.28/index.html
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As compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate. ... • Vote Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to; • Amendment Number: S. 1639; • Statement of Purpose: To provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.
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The Coburn Omnibus (or the Tomnibus, as the NYT has more cleverly dubbed it) is due for its first procedural test this afternoon, with a cloture vote on the ... Yes, that means a cloture vote on the question of whether or not to start debating the bill.
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In the Senate, when opponents of a bill try to delay and defeat its passage, supporters of the bill will seek to vote cloture, to cut off debate and bring the bill to a vote. The House of Representatives, because of its larger number of members, made majority rule easier to achieve. ... What is the purpose of cloture?
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