Definition of cloture
: the closing or limitation of debate in a legislative body especially by calling for a vote
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell filed cloture on the bill last Thursday.
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But without that consent, supporters need to file cloture.
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Reflective of this, on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell filed cloture on the nomination, which could set up a vote on Thursday or Friday to confirm NASA's next administrator.
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The Senate, however, faces time shortages due to its cloture rule.
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The move to file cloture Monday night signals that McConnell has the votes to confirm Bridenstine nearly eight months after he was first nominated.
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Yet in the current Congress, Democrats have already invoked cloture on more than 50 Trump nominees.
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Such objections trigger a cloture vote, which then sets off 30 hours of floor debate.
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Vote that would advance McCains-Coons bill fails A vote on cloture that would have advanced a bill from Sens.
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Origin and Etymology of cloture
French clôture, literally, closure, alteration of Medieval French closure
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legal Definition of cloture
: the closing or limitation of debate in a legislative body especially by calling for a vote
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cloture
transitive verbOrigin and Etymology of cloture
French clôture, literally, closure
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