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Encyclopedia: Cloture
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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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5 Briefing on Filibuster and Cloture Even with the new cloture rule, filibusters remained an effective means to block legislation, since a two-thirds vote is difficult to obtain. Over the next five decades, the Senate occasionally tried to invoke cloture, but usually failed to gain the necessary two-thirds vote.
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Definition of cloture in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of cloture. Pronunciation of cloture. Translations of cloture. cloture synonyms, cloture antonyms. Information about cloture in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. To apply cloture to (a parliamentary debate).
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Cloture is the formal procedure used to end a filibuster. It can take up to three days and requires 60 votes. Cloture can also be used even if there is no filibuster underway, to ban non-germane amendments.
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Dec 21, 2009 A month ago, I compiled Part I of the Demcare bribe list as Harry Reid rushed before Thanksgiving to secure his first cloture vote on the...
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The American Heritage Dictionary and Britannica.com offer detailed definitions of the term filibuster. It's derived from the Spanish Then the senator simply starts talking (and talking...). Cloture, a three-fifths majority vote (that's 60 votes) needed to end a debate, grinds the blustering to a halt.
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This is a flash based MP3 player application developed by EMazeIndia.com The compromise coalition needs only 15 Republican swing votes in order to gain cloture on the latest version of the bill, and the focus has fallen on a narrow band of Republicans that have offered moderate views on immigration in the past.
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Monday, Nov 30, 2009 2:00 p.m.: Convene and begin a period of morning business. Thereafter, resume consideration of H.R.3590, regarding health care reform. The Senate convened at 9:45 a.m. and adjourned at 9:00 p.m. 1 record vote was taken.
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In an audacious move brazen even by Sen. Hillary Clinton's (D-Carpetbag, 95%) standards, she has appointed Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL, 95%) one of her two national presidential campaign co-chairs for Florida. Hillary's Cloture of Corruption...
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