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  2. Cloture - Wikipedia

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    If cloture is invoked, the motion to proceed is not debatable. [46] Under rule XXVIII, paragraph 2 (added on January 24, 2013), a cloture motion on a compound motion to go to conference ripens two hours after it is filed. If cloture is invoked, the compound motion is not debatable. [46] Cloture voting in the United States Senate, 1917−2014 [47]

  3. March 1971 - Wikipedia

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    Although cloture can still be invoked by a 60% vote of the senators present on most issues, the filibuster cloture rule was amended for nominations in 2017, and filibusters can now [citation needed] be stopped by a simple majority of the U.S. Senate. Born: Kinga Rusin, Polish TV journalist and producer; in Warsaw

  4. Filibuster in the United States Senate - Wikipedia

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    A two-thirds majority of senators present and voting is required to invoke cloture on a motion or resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate. Under the precedents set by the Senate on November 21, 2013, and April 6, 2017, a simple majority of senators present and voting is required to invoke cloture on nominations. [1]: 12

  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 30-hour window before a final vote must be held — the proposed legislation as of Monday's Senate schedule was ...

  6. List of confirmation votes for the Supreme Court of the ...

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    From 1975 until 2017, the threshold needed to invoke cloture for Supreme Court confirmation was three-fifths of all senators duly chosen and sworn-in (60 senators, if there was no more than one seat left vacant). [2] On April 7, 2017, the votes of Democratic senators managed to deny enough support for cloture on the nomination of Neil Gorsuch.

  7. Standing Rules of the United States Senate - Wikipedia

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    The Senate may end a filibuster by invoking cloture. In most cases, cloture requires the support of three-fifths of the Senate. 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 ...

  8. Nuclear option - Wikipedia

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    This obviates the usual requirement for a two-thirds majority to invoke cloture on a resolution amending the Standing Rules. The nuclear option was notably invoked on November 21, 2013, when a Democratic majority led by Harry Reid used the procedure to reduce the cloture threshold for nominations, other than nominations to the Supreme Court ...

  9. Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan (Urdu: آئین پاکستان میں آٹھویں ترمیم) allowed the President to unilaterally dissolve the National Assembly and elected governments.