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• 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 quick end. Think Progress » McConnell’s Faulty Logic: A Cloture Vote To Begin Senate Debate Actually Means A Vote To End It
• The reason the republicans are fighting against cloture is because it's the only chance to stop the Dems from enacting their hyper-partisan agenda. Democrats slam GOP as party of 'fear' in health care debate
• So, you see, what the Dems want, by filing cloture, is to stop debating whether to debate the bill, and start debating the bill itself. Think Progress » McConnell’s Faulty Logic: A Cloture Vote To Begin Senate Debate Actually Means A Vote To End It
• It allowed the body to invoke “cloture” to close off debate, but it set a high standard: It required a two-thirds supermajority of senators present and voting—generally sixty-seven votes. The Good Fight
• It was only in 1917 that the Senate adopted Rule 22, establishing a procedure by which a supermajority could invoke cloture and end a filibuster.
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• He filed a cloture motion to end the debate and put the nomination to a vote.
• The nominal function of cloture is to have full, informed debate before casting a simple majority vote. The Volokh Conspiracy » “It May Be Clever, but It Is Not Constitutional”
• What happens if a motion for cloture is “vitiated” or there is “no action”? Matthew Yglesias » Filibuster Panel Tomorrow
• Or, if Republicans filibuster and force Reid to file cloture (which requires two days to "ripen" into an actual vote) demand their 30 hours of post-cloture debate, it will pass Saturday. Wonkbook: FinReg to pass; Fed to sit; Reid's climate deal; Dems lose rec