Meanings of cloture in inglês

That means a cloture vote could come on Friday morning at the soonest.

We can measure this inability by looking at cloture votes to end debate.

Two Republicans voted with a majority of Democrats for cloture.

Two Democrats voted against the cloture vote: Mark Begich of Alaska and Mark Pryor of Arkansas.

Invoking so-called "cloture" to bar a filibuster takes 60 votes.

In the early 1960s, cloture required assent by at least sixty-seven of the Senate's one hundred members.

The failed cloture vote lets lawmakers keep pushing for proposals that otherwise would fall by the wayside.

One must get 60 votes for cloture.

The Democrats need 60 votes to achieve "cloture" or avoid a filibuster, and that seems near-impossible.

Having achieved the "cloture" vote to curtail debate, the bill now only needs a simply majority to go forward.

After filing a cloture petition, lawmakers must wait one legislative day before proceeding to the cloture vote, according to Senate rules.

To prevent this Mr. Mason wishes a rule of cloture (or closure, as it is called in England) adopted.

In the final Senate before the Republicans took over in 1995, there were 80 cloture motions.

Six Republicans voted with 54 members of the Democratic caucus to pass the cloture motion that permits the measure to move ahead.

Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell, one of two Democrats to oppose cloture, continued after the vote to press for tighter regulation of derivatives.

If you had asked a Chicagoan, the honorable chairman would have been compelled to resort to cloture before the orator got through.