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| | Cloture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | A similar procedure was adopted in the United States Senate in 1917 in response to the actions of isolationist senators who attempted to talk out, or filibuster, a bill to arm U.S. merchant ships. | | | Cloture does not automatically stop all delaying tactics, as it still permits up to 100 hours to debate any amendment made to a bill. | | | No amendments may be moved unless they were filed on the day in between the presentation of the petition and the actual cloture vote. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloture
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| | Filibusters/Cloture |
| | And even the thirty hours allowed under cloture is quite a long time for the Senate to devote to any one bill, especially since Senators may not be willing to invoke cloture until the bill already has been debated at considerable length. | | | The cloture rule permits a maximum of thirty additional hours for considering the bill, during which each Senator may speak for one hour. | | | In addition, some Senators are reluctant to vote for cloture, even if they support the legislation being jeopardized by the filibuster, precisely because the right of extended debate is such an integral element of Senate history and procedure. |
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http://bingaman.senate.gov/students/College/Legislative_Process/Filibusters_Cloture/filibusters_cloture.html
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| | Maine Legislative Drafting Manual Part I, Chapter 1: Cloture and Intake |
| | Cloture is the date by which legislative drafting requests must be filed in the Office of the Revisor of Statutes. | | | Generally, if a request is filed after cloture, an after-deadline procedure applies. | | | Under the Joint Rules, titles of requests for bills and resolves submitted by the Governor are considered public information upon filing unless the Governor has directed that a particular title remain confidential until the bill or resolve is printed. |
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http://janus.state.me.us/legis/ros/manual/Webdman-02.htm
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| | CRS Report for Congress |
| | 2002, cloture was sought on 35 nominations, and invoked on 21. | | | outcome of the cloture attempt, and the disposition of each nomination. | | | onlyon legislative measures, and nominations could not be subjected to cloture attempts. |
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http://www.hymas.com/government/Congressional-Research-Service-3cbd9.php
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| | Request for CSPAN Junkies - THR |
| | Under the cloture rule (Rule XXII), the Senate may limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours, but only by vote of three-fifths of the full Senate, normally 60 votes. | | | If cloture is invoked, there is a 30-hour limit on debate and then there must be a vote. | | | Once cloture is invoked, they can't add new amendments to S.1805. |
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http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=67252
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| | Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools |
| | Cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate. | | | Second cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate. | | | Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. |
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http://www.e-z.net/wtv/__bw-fed_HR2646_Thomas_980320.htm
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| | Senator Orrin G. Hatch on Judicial Nominations on National Review Online |
| | Invoking cloture and confirming nominations is no precedent for not invoking cloture and refusing to confirm nominations. | | | Before the 108th Congress, cloture votes were used overwhelmingly for legislation rather than nominations. | | | By trying to use Rule 22's cloture requirement to change the Constitution's confirmation requirement, these Democratic filibusters also constitute a constitutional crisis. |
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http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/hatch200501120729.asp
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| | The Raw Story Democrats open fire, citing numerous GOP senators who have blocked nominees |
| | • Lugar voted against cloture on the nomination of now Justice Stephen Breyer for the Circuit Court on 12/9/80. | | | • Voted against cloture on the nomination of Stephen G. Breyer to the Court of Appeals on 12/09/80 | | | Senator DeMint has never voted against cloture on a nomination. |
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http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/democrats_open_fire_filibuster_509.htm
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| | Democratic Policy Committee |
| | This is why Democrats have filed cloture sparingly, unlike the practice under the recent Republican majority, when cloture was routinely filed on the first day of consideration of legislation. | | | When Senator Lott was Majority Leader, more than 60 percent of the cloture motions filed on bills or substitute amendments were filed the same day that the Senate began their consideration; | | | The following are examples of bills considered within the last year that have been the subject of extensive debate and amendment before a cloture petition was filed: |
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http://democrats.senate.gov/~dpc/pubs/107-2-172.html
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| | Filibuster |
| | There have been talks about lowering the amount of votes needed to invoke cloture but due to the fact that you need a 2/3 vote to change senate rules, it is unlikely that the minority will want to give up their ability to block unfavorable legislation. | | | In 1948, the chair decided that cloture cannot be applied to procedural motions applying to pending legislation. | | | The framers intent was for a majority to pass legislation, not a supermajority because of the failings of the supermajority with the Article of Confederation. |
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http://www.juntosociety.com/government/filibuster.htm
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| | Concerned Women for America - Frist Proposes Rule Change on Filibusters |
| | It is a powerful tool for a minority of senators, and most often is used for such legitimate purposes as ensuring sufficient time for debate, encouraging negotiation, or even as leverage for achieving other legislative goals. | | | The informal method is a “unanimous consent” agreement limiting debate to a specific number of hours and scheduling a vote. | | | A filibuster occurs when these methods for ending debate fail, either by a senator’s objection to a request for unanimous consent or by more than 40 senators voting against a motion to invoke cloture. |
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http://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=3952&department=CWA&categoryid=misc
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| | How Appealing |
| | Also today, the full U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote for a seventh time to invoke cloture in the debate over the nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. | | | In case anyone is curious, none of the seven cloture votes on this nomination has produced more than 55 votes in favor of cloture. | | | For Pryor and Kuhl, those will be the very first cloture votes their nominations have endured. |
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http://appellateblog.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_appellateblog_archive.html
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| | RealClearPolitics |
| | Simply taking a cloture vote, however, does not mean a filibuster is underway. | | | In 1977, for example, the Senator from West Virginia made a point of order that, once cloture has been invoked, the presiding officer must rule dilatory amendments out of order. | | | We did so even on very controversial nominations, such as President Clinton’s choices of Richard Paez and Marsha Berzon for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. |
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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/com-3_10_05_SOH.html
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| | Legal Affairs Debate Club - Filibusted? |
| | In fact, stronger arguments in defense of a high or higher threshold for cloture concern the maintenance of the Senate's deliberative character, protecting individual and minority (not majority) rights, and moderating legislation. | | | Upon the foundation of the super-majority requirement of Rule 22, the Senate must cater to the most parochial interests in order to gain unanimous consent for modest limits on debate and amendments. | | | As this very partial listing suggests, the filibuster has been used far more frequently to block new policy initiatives that threatened the interests of a sizable minority than it has for nominations or other matters related to the Senate's advice-and-consent function. |
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http://www.legalaffairs.org/webexclusive/debateclub_filibuster0205.msp
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| | Las Vegas SUN: Vote on cloture could hinder state's fight against Yucca bill |
| | Vote on cloture could hinder state's fight against Yucca bill | | | Energy Secretary Bill Richardson has said he would ask for Clinton's veto of the latest bill if the NRC radiation limit is adopted. | | | Las Vegas SUN: Vote on cloture could hinder state's fight against Yucca bill |
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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/text/1999/sep/13/509298652.html
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| | Voting Record For Dayton D-MN |
| | Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Richard H. Carmona, to be Surgeon General | | | Stabenow Amendment No. 4305, as modified; To clarify that section 1927 of the Social Security Act does not prohibit a State from entering into drug rebate agreements in order to make outpatient prescription drugs accessible and affordable for residents of the State who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance under the medicaid program. | | | Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Conference Report To Accompany H.R. 2215; 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act |
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http://bolson.org/gov/us/senate/2002/Dayton.html
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| | Lott Files Cloture On H-1B Visa Bill; Vote Set For Tuesday |
| | Lott's decision to file for cloture followed another failed attempt Thursday night to obtain a unanimous consent agreement, which would have permitted Democrats to offer two non-germane immigration amendments. | | | Senate Majority Leader Lott today filed cloture on a motion to proceed to H-1B visa increase legislation, saying the Senate's commitment to the bill will be put to the test next week. | | | Lott Files Cloture On H-1B Visa Bill; Vote Set For Tuesday |
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http://www.steinreport.com/congdaily915.htm
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| | KENNEDY STATEMENT ON BANKRUPTCY CLOTURE VOTE |
| | That is why we must defeat tomorrow's cloture vote and continue to seek a bill that is not an embarrassment to the Senate and the fundamental principal of fairness and simple justice for all. | | | That is why we must have a serious discussion and negotiation and amendment process. |
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http://kennedy.senate.gov/%7ekennedy/statements/05/03/2005310710.html
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| | Cloture |
| | Cloture is the formal procedure used to end a filibuster. | | | Cloture can also be used even if there is no filibuster underway, to ban non-germane amendments. | | | If cloture fails, debate would continue without limits. |
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http://www.c-span.org/guide/congress/glossary/cloture.htm
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| | 1996 SENATE VOTE-TITLES |
| | Farm Bill: Cloture Vote on Amendment No. 3184 to S. Wednesday, February 7, 1996 10. | | | Congressional Term Limits: Cloture Vote on S.J. Res. | | | Debt Limit Extension: Amendment-Moynihan substitute Amendment No. 3465 Tuesday, March 12, 1996 25. |
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http://www.proaxis.com/cop/sv96.htm
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| | The Democrats' filibuster - The Washington Times: Editorials/OP-ED - December 29, 2004 |
| | From 1949 through 2002, cloture was sought on 35 nominations, and invoked on 21. | | | According to a Congressional Research Service report, "Cloture Attempts on Nominations," which was updated Dec. 11, 2002: "Until 1949, cloture could not be invoked on nominations. | | | From 1949 through 2000, cloture was sought on only 13 judicial nominations, including twice for William Rehnquist, whose nominations as both associate justice and chief justice of the Supreme Court were filibustered. |
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http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20041228-090340-4897r.htm
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| | * LIVE U.S. Senate ** Dems FAIL to invoke Cloture on DOD Bill !! |
| | A bill to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages, injunctive or other relief resulting from the misuse of their products by others. | | | AFTER they failed to invoke cloture on the DOD bill | | | * LIVE U.S. Senate ** Dems FAIL to invoke Cloture on DOD Bill !! |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1450977/posts
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| | mjh's Blog: When Did Conservative Come to Mean 'Changing Everything'? |
| | Under cloture, the Senate may limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours of debate. | | | A filibuster is an attempt to block or delay Senate action on a bill or other matter. | | | Although the committee recommended confirmation, floor consideration sparked the first filibuster in Senate history on a Supreme Court nomination. |
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http://www.edgewiseblog.com/mjh/000235.htm
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| | TheCapitol.Net > Glossary > C |
| | A cloture motion requires the signatures of 16 senators to be introduced. | | | The bill or amendment in question comes to a final vote after 30 hours of consideration (including debate time it takes to conduct roll calls, quorum calls and other procedural motions.) (See also Filibuster. | | | To end a filibuster, the cloture motion must obtain the votes of three-fifths of the entire Senate membership (60 if there are no vacancies), except when the filibuster is against a proposal to amend the standing rules of the Senate and a two-thirds vote of senators present and voting is required. |
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http://www.thecapitol.net/glossary/c.htm
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| | Niagara Falls Reporter Opinion |
| | The lawmaker logjam will occur in the Senate, where these maneuvers are used, and it will completely cripple the federal legislative procedure for months. | | | Bush's probable triumph in this maneuver may fall under the category of Answered Prayers -- things fervently wished for that turn out bad for the wisher. | | | The Senate has the constitutional job to advise and consent on White House nominations to the federal judiciary -- from the Supreme Court, through the appellate system, right down to federal judges at district court level. |
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http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/hanchette151.html
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| | Filibuster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | As civil rights loomed on the Senate agenda, this rule was revised in 1949 to allow cloture on any measure or motion by two-thirds of the entire Senate membership; in 1959 the threshold was restored to two-thirds of those voting. | | | From 1917 to 1949, the requirement for cloture was two-thirds of those voting. | | | After a series of filibusters led by Southern Democrats in the 1960s over civil rights legislation, the Democrat-controlled Senate [5] in 1975 revised its cloture rule so that three-fifths of the Senate (usually 60 senators) could limit debate. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster
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| | Update on Pryor Nomination - Cloture Motion Defeated |
| | For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. | | | Please note that we cannot rest easy as this DOES NOT mean that Pryor's nomination has been defeated. | | | Although 53 Senators voted for cloture to 44 who voted against cloture, there is a 60-vote requirement on cloture motions, so the motion was defeated. |
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http://www.namiscc.org/Advocacy/2003/Summer/PryorNominationUpdate.htm
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| | Bishops' Statements |
| | Also, it is especially important that you support any effort to invoke cloture so that a vote may take place on the merits of this truly significant matter. | | | Thanking you for your consideration, and with every good wish, we are |
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http://www.nebcathcon.org/bishops%27_statements.htm
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| | MoveOn.org: Help Fight Bush's Plan to Stack the Courts |
| | Senator Frist was among those voting against cloture on the Paez nomination. | | | The FACT: In fact, use of the filibuster against judicial nominations has a long history. | | | According to the Congressional Research Service, prior to the 108 th Congress cloture motions had been filed and cloture votes held on 14 Court of Appeals nominations since 1980; as recently as 2000, cloture votes were necessary to obtain votes on the nominations of both Richard Paez and Marsha Berzon to the Ninth Circuit. |
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http://www.moveonpac.org/judges/rnc_response.html
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| | WorldNetDaily: Democrats' silent hijacking |
| | Cloture votes are the only objective way to measure senators&; real view on the subject. | | | Forty current senators have always voted for cloture on judicial nominations; 38 of them, a whopping 95 percent, are Republicans. | | | Forty current senators have voted for cloture on judicial nominations 50 percent of the time or less; 40 of them, an even more whopping 100 percent, are Democrats. |
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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32487
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| | As to Executive nominations, cloture has been invoked 10 times in 18 attempts. | | | A 1971 cloture vote on William Rehnquist to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court failed. | | | On the remaining 6 judicial nominations where cloture was not invoked on the first attempt, all were nevertheless confirmed, except for Abe Fortas to the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1968. |
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http://johnshadegg.house.gov/RSC/Cloturehistory.doc
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| | Obsidian Wings: Bankruptcy Cloture Vote Roll Call |
| | Given the Republican solidity on the ameliorating amendments, there's no reason to expect any of them to oppose the bill, barring some kind of miraculous grassroots lobbying in the next 24 hours. | | | Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Bankruptcy Cloture Vote Roll Call: | | | Just to clarify my comments: In this case, voting for cloture is the same as voting for the bill, because Republicans can pass it without any Democratic votes. |
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http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2005/03/bankruptcy_clot.html
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| | Amateur Megalomania » Cloture |
| | A vote against cloture is a vote to prevent the consideration of the question, essentially preventing the Senate from ruling on an issue. | | | Question: On the Cloture Motion (Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of John R. Bolton, of Maryland, to be Representative of the United States to the United Nations) | | | Why he voted YAY to ending cloture is beyond me, as is the way Voinovich had voted in favor of accepting Bush’s nomination when he even stated that Bolton was the exact opposite of what an Ambassador to the United Nations should be. |
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http://toddwiley.com/?p=61
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| | GOP Files Cloture Motion to End Debate |
| | The cloture motion was filed by Cornyn on behalf of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), who was traveling today. | | | Elevated to the Texas Supreme Court in 1994, she was nominated by Bush to a seat on the 5th Circuit appeals court in 2001, but was blocked by Democrats through filibuster threats. | | | After submitting the cloture motion, which was signed by 18 senators, Cornyn said there would be a fourth day of debate Monday on the nomination of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla R. Owen to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/20/AR2005052000954.html
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| | Townhall.com :: Columns :: Nuclear option is not nuclear by David Limbaugh |
| | Rule XXII provides that upon the filing of a petition for cloture (to end further debate), "three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn" must vote to close the debate. | | | Presently, the Republican Senate majority is contemplating a measure to change the rules on vote cloture only respecting the president's judicial nominations. | | | The Constitution empowers the president to appoint judges with the advice and consent of the Senate. |
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http://www.townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/dl20041228.shtml
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| | There must be an intervening day of debate between the filing of cloture and the cloture vote. | | | Cloture votes on judicial nominees are very rare, but the fact remains that NO judicial nominee except Abe Fortas in 1968 has ever been defeated as a result of a filibuster. | | | Sixty votes are required for cloture to pass, and 30 hours of debate ensue after cloture is invoked. |
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http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/Estrada_Cloture_Talking_Points.doc
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| | The Chief Source: Nuclear Hypocrites |
| | In your cloture links - you may notice on your one example that is 85-14, with the 14 not including Sen. Lott, who was the majority leader at the time, so this was not a caucus endorsed move, unlike the public tatctics of obstruction by Daschle and now Reid. | | | Of course, they have used a variety of techniques to block lower court judges when they were in the Senate minority. | | | By voting against the cloture vote, they are voting for a filibuster. |
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http://www.thechiefsource.com/2005/02/nuclear-hypocrites.html
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| | Confirm Them » Cloture |
| | The large number of Democrats who voted for cloture shows what a good deal this was. | | | KJL reports on bench memos that the Senate invoked cloture 81-18. | | | Make Republican Senators vote often on whether or not judicial candidates should receive an up or down vote. |
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http://www.confirmthem.com/?p=613
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| | The Jellyphants: Invertebrate GOP abandons Miguel Estrada |
| | This was done in reaction to Southern Democrats' repeated filibusters of civil rights legislation over the previous two decades. | | | This procedure, known as "cloture," required the support of two-thirds of the senators to end debate and bring a bill to a vote. | | | The Honduran-born former Justice Department official withdrew himself from consideration for the District of Columbia Circuit Court on September 4 |
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http://shinbone.home.att.net/jphant.htm
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| | Cloture |
| | 1964 Southern Democrats filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked | | | 1919 Senate 1st invokes cloture to end a filibuster (Versailles Treaty) |
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http://www.brainyhistory.com/topics/c/cloture.html
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| | Daly Thoughts » Cloture On Owen Passes |
| | Perhaps those now voting for cloture who weren’t part of the deal did so on principle. | | | Inouye, a signatory, did not vote to invoke cloture– he chose to not vote. | | | While it is fair to say that the current Congress didn’t vote on cloture, there’s no credible reason to think they would have voted much differently than the last Congress (except for the 6(?) new senators) if the vote were taken before the deal was cut (except to avoid a new interpretation of the rules). |
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http://www.dalythoughts.com/index.php?p=3525
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| | WorldNetDaily: White House killed human-cloning ban? |
| | As a result, nothing could have stopped a vote on Brownback's amendment to prohibit the patenting of human embryos. | | | The Senate did vote for cloture – 65 to 31 – so Brownback was prevented from trying to attach his amendment. | | | The cloture vote, which requires a 60-vote majority, was scheduled for five days later. |
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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28051
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| | Cloture Ryo Sen |
| | Summary: cloture [noun] - limitation of legislative debate | | | Thanks: To Jo for the beta even though I suck in return; and to Morgan for... |
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http://fwf.healthyinterest.net/pe/cloture.html
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| | cloture - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | Phrases that include cloture: cloture du marche, cloture du negoce, cours de cloture, transaction de cloture | | | We found 20 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word cloture: | | | cloture : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info] |
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