cloture

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A procedural vote known as a cloture vote or motion to proceed (60 yeas required) is scheduled for 5: 30 pm Monday.

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  1. noun A parliamentary procedure by which debate is ended and an immediate vote is taken on the matter under discussion. Also called closure.
  2. transitive verb To apply cloture to (a parliamentary debate).

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  • Maintaining a one-vote defense against cloture is our nation's only check against unbridled power and potential socialism for our country. —  WhackyNation
  • If they can get Feinstein and Bennet on cloture, then they only need two out of five other senators who "oppose the current version but haven't closed the door to compromise." —  Slate Magazine
  • News and World Report, have credited Specter with dealing a "death blow" to EFCA because his lone vote will provide Republicans with the 60 Senate votes necessary to successfully vote against cloture -- i.e., to achieve a filibuster. —  Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org
  • Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on the amendment, and by unanimous consent the vote on cloture has been scheduled for 5: 30 p.m. on Monday, with post-cloture debate time to end at noon on Tuesday. —  Daily Kos
  • A procedural vote known as a cloture vote or motion to proceed (60 yeas required) is scheduled for 5: 30 pm Monday. —  The Common Room
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  1. French clôture, from Old French closture, probably alteration of closure, closure; see closure.
 

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