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📋 Debate-ending rule ⏹️ To end debate
to cloture

to cloture

9.9
To end a debate by asking members to vote now
  • verb
  • /ˈkloʊtʃər/
  • Formal
translation icon : cerrar el debate
  • A two-thirds majority was required to cloture the debate and proceed to a vote.

Examples

  • The chairman decided it was necessary to cloture after hours of discussion.

  • The senator moved to cloture the lengthy debate on the bill.

  • The senator decided to cloture the debate early.

  • Can we cloture this discussion now?

  • The senator called for a cloture on the debate to move forward with the vote.

  • After hours of discussion, the majority party decided to invoke cloture to end the session.

  • The representatives agreed to use cloture to quickly finalize the bill and proceed to voting.

Synonyms

to closure
vsto cloture
  • UK
1 7.5

To stop debate and call for an immediate vote

is the same action but the formal parliamentary term for it

Surface Forms

cloture infinitive
clotured past
clotured past participle
cloturing present participle
clotures third person singular

Etymology

Cloture comes from the French word clôture meaning 'closure' and from the Latin claudere meaning 'to close', the same idea behind the English word close. So to cloture a debate is to 'close' it — to stop discussion so the group can move to a vote.