cloture
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9.8
- noun
- /ˈkloʊtʃər/
- Formal
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cierre del debate
- The Senate held a cloture vote to formally end the extended debate on the healthcare bill.
- cloture rule
- cloture vote
- cloture procedure
So he won't vote for cloture or the bill itself.
- So he won't vote for cloture or the bill itself.
- And that's what you do to invoke cloture to end debate on a bill.
- That's because cloture is a tool used to bust the filibuster.
Examples
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And that's what you do to invoke cloture to end debate on a bill.
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So he won't vote for cloture or the bill itself.
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Once a cloture motion is filed, a cloture vote will be held two days following.
Blog text (11) -
And if the majority cannot find 60 votes for cloture, it cannot pass a bill.
Blog text (14) -
But what if the current Senate cloture rule is not binding?
Academic text (2004) -
Both methods, he stated, allowed a majority of Senators to choose any "cloture formula" it desired.
Academic text (2004) -
However, only a single roll call cloture vote was held, and that was on Alito.
Blog text (21) -
Others argued that the February 20 and February 24 precedents for majority cloture were still effective.
Academic text (2004) -
The first attempt to invoke cloture would still require 60 votes.
Academic text (2003) -
The key reform where this took place was the revision of the Senate's cloture rule.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
1
8.9
A formal request to end debate and vote now
1
6.9
An action that stops debate and makes the group take a vote
Antonyms
How Restrictive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cloture as a noun comes from French clôture 'closure' and Latin claudere 'to close', like the English word closure. So a cloture is the formal way to 'close' debate and allow a final vote.