Sentences with word «cloture»

However, it's important to realize that this only affects cloture votes on rule changes.

Republicans hope that with that vote — and the one that made her the 60th vote for cloture on the Affordable Care Act — McCaskill ensured that the political sky will indeed fall on her this November.

The Republicans voting for cloture on the bill were its two Republican sponsors, Sens. Susan Collins and Mark Kirk, along with Sens. Kelly Ayotte, Orrin Hatch, Dean Heller, Rob Portman and Pat Toomey.

Is it possible for Congress to restore cloture rules back to the way they were, where it requires 60 votes to approve nominees?

The filibuster failed when the Senate invoked cloture for only the second time since 1927.

All the majority needs is 60 votes on cloture motions to avoid filibusters.

The record shows that Mitch McConnell voted against cloture for a continuing resolution which would have kept the government open.

So they change cloture back to sixty votes.

Even if cloture had been achieved, the President promised to Veto the Energy Bill that passed the House.

After four days of conversation and delays, the bill died, failing to reach the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture by a vote of 48 - 36.

However, some Senators feared that if this effort succeeded, that would only make it easier to amend the rule again, making cloture still easier to invoke.

The Senate rules permit a senator, or a series of senators, to speak for as long as they wish, and on any topic they choose, unless «three - fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn» (usually 60 out of 100) bring the debate to a close by invoking cloture under Senate Rule XXII.

If the Democratic - led Senate can not even get cloture on the pending energy policy bill, I would not expect major breakthroughs from the Bush Administration in Bali.

Mr. SCHUMER: Madam President, in the history of the Senate, have there been any instances in which a nomination to the Supreme Court was withdrawn after cloture was not invoked on the nomination?

For instance, once the majority party breaks a filibuster through cloture, the minority party is allowed 30 additional hours of post-cloture debate — a procedural maneuver Democrats can use to drain the clock and bog down the confirmation process.

We urge Senators to support cloture on and oppose all amendments to this important legislation.

However, some Senators feared that if this effort suceeded, that would only make it easier to amend the rule again, making cloture still easier to invoke.

I — along with Nell Minow of Beliefnet, Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics, and Lauren Bradshaw of Cloture Club — had the pleasure of sitting down to discuss Mistress America with both Greta Gerwig and Lola Kirke.

Besides Sen. Paul, the NDAA cloture motion was opposed by Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden.

Thus, the very attempt of the people to engage in moral disputation with the Court and to challenge the legitimacy of an earlier decision was taken as proof of the need to maintain cloture on debate.

Because I found one (rule XXII) that seems to say that roll must be called to ascertain a quorum before cloture can be invoked, and that it must be invoked by 3/5 of Senators «chosen and sworn».

I'm pretty sure that the old cloture rule was one that wasn't supposed to change during a Congress, but Reid changed it anyway.

And finally, wedge issues can defeat cloture.

As a side - effect of this, there was now no need to hold the floor by talking, because the filibustering side can just vote against cloture indefinitely.

In 1917 the Senate voted to allow cloture by a two - thirds majority vote (it was changed to three - fifths later).

Specter will cast the same votes, no matter which party he caucuses with, so the Dems are no closer to avoiding cloture than before.

For the non-US audience among us, could you clarify what cloture is?

Since his announcement Saturday that he would be the crucial 60th vote necessary to secure cloture on the health care reform bill and avoid a likely Republican filibuster, Nelson has faced a storm of criticism from conservatives in both parties — and some liberal groups.

The top answers said they can't, because the Republicans can force cloture with a simple majority.

Not until 1917 did the Senate adopt its first cloture rule (Rule XXII).

«I have very serious concerns about the overall cost of the bill,» Brown told the chamber, «but my vote for cloture signals that I believe we need to keep the process moving.»

Friends of the Earth Action President Brent Blackwelder released the following statement in response to reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid plans to further weaken the energy bill after failing to achieve cloture on an already - weakened version of the bill earlier today:

Fashion Cloture.

After debate ended in a close cloture vote on Tuesday, the Senate has voted to pass a bill that will renew for another six years one of the NSA's most controversial practices.

A two - thirds majority cloture vote of 60 is necessary to end a Senate filibuster.

They change cloture to a simply majority, which they can do with a simple majority vote.

(Sasse was among the majority of Senators who voted against cloture, guaranteeing that debate over the bill will continue.)

The rules permit a senator, or a series of senators, to speak for as long as they wish and on any topic they choose, unless «three - fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn» [1](usually 60 out of 100 senators) bring debate to a close by invoking cloture under Senate Rule XXII.

The lack of cloture prevents the Senate from actually voting on the bill.

Torture and mass surveillance, for example, are very illiberal but still have enough Democratic supporters that liberals could not defend against them through cloture.

In the past, Specter supported cloture (no filibuster, allow it to come to a vote).

According to The Previous Question: Its Standing as a Precedent for Cloture in the United States Senate, Burr:

The federal bill that will provide New York with some $ 2.6 billion in Medicaid and education aid just passed the US Senate 61 - 39 (no surprise, as that was the same as yesterday's cloture vote in which two moderate Maine Republicans joined with the Democrats to end the GOP filibuster).

Before 1975, two - thirds of the Senators present and voting (a quorum being present) was required for cloture on all matters.

«Should cloture be invoked, I intend to oppose the nomination and congratulate my colleague from Kentucky for this extraordinary effort.»

In a 89 - 3 vote Monday evening, the Senate agreed to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed with consideration on the national defense bill.

If they lose a handful of progressives on the cloture vote then they could need 10 or so Republicans to make up the difference.