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  2. Cloture - Wikipedia

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    Cloture (UK: US: / ˈ k l oʊ tʃ ər /, [1] [2] also UK: / ˈ k l oʊ tj ʊər /), [3] closure [4] or, informally, a guillotine, [4] is a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick end. The cloture procedure originated in the French National Assembly, from which the name is taken. Clôture is French for ...

  3. Filibuster in the United States Senate - Wikipedia

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    The first cloture vote occurred in 1919 to end debate on the Treaty of Versailles. Although cloture was invoked, the treaty was then rejected against the wishes of the cloture rule's first champion, President Wilson. [24] During the 1930s, Senator Huey Long of Louisiana used long filibusters to promote his populist policies.

  4. Nuclear option - Wikipedia

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    In the United States Senate, the nuclear option is a parliamentary procedure that allows the Senate to override a standing rule by a simple majority, avoiding the two-thirds [1] supermajority normally required to invoke cloture on a measure amending the Standing Rules.

  5. Social Security Fairness Act takes big step towards passage - AOL

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    Using his power to invoke cloture — a process limiting debate and setting a ... As majority leader, he can invoke a Senate rule that would skip a committee hearing and send the bill directly to ...

  6. Standing Rules of the United States Senate - Wikipedia

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    Cloture is invoked very rarely, particularly because bipartisan support is usually necessary to obtain the required supermajority. If the Senate does invoke cloture, debate does not end immediately; instead, further debate is limited to thirty additional hours unless increased by another three-fifths vote.

  7. Glossary of American politics - Wikipedia

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    cloture. Also spelled closure or called a guillotine. A motion aimed at bringing a drawn-out debate to a quick end, typically used to end a filibuster in the Senate; in most cases, the requisite majority for invoking cloture is three-fifths of the non-vacant Senate seats. A motion for cloture can be overriden by the nuclear option. compound ...

  8. Senate hold - Wikipedia

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    In the United States Senate, a hold is a parliamentary procedure permitted by the Standing Rules of the United States Senate which allows one or more Senators to prevent a motion to proceed with consideration of a certain manner from reaching a vote on the Senate floor, as no motion may be brought for consideration on the Senate floor without unanimous consent (unless cloture is invoked on the ...

  9. Supermajority - Wikipedia

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    Apart from these constitutional requirements, a Senate rule (except in cases covered by the nuclear option, or of a rule change) requires an absolute supermajority of three-fifths to move to a vote through a cloture motion, which closes debate on a bill or nomination, thus ending a filibuster by a minority of members. In current practice, the ...