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cloture
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The procedure by which debate is formally ended in a meeting or legislature so that a vote may be taken.

Cloture is a means of terminating a filibuster, which is a prolonged speech on the floor of the Senate designed to forestall legislative action.

cloture noun abandonment, abeyance, adjournal, adjournment, arrest, break, cease, cessation, check, closure, desistance, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt, interruption, lapse, letup, lull, noncontinuance, recess, standstill, stay, stop, stoppage, suspension, withdrawal
See also: cessation
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The Senate's Cloture Rule A classic entrenchment is effected by Senate Rules V and XXII.
Legislative entrenchment: a reappraisal by Posner, Eric A.; Vermeule, Adrian / Yale Law Journal
Calling filibusters "a process that is out of control," Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa proposed a sliding-scale cloture rule not unlike the pricing practices at clothing stores.
It's not 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.'(Senate filibusters) by Dauster, Bill / Washington Monthly
With this option, the Senate can act at any time during its session and move to change the cloture rule regarding filibusters.
ACLJ Launches Nationwide Campaign to Urge Senate to End Filibusters ... by Business Wire
 
 
 
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