cloture

Reid just changed the cloture requirement to 51 from 60.

If he and his friends can keep talking, they can keep going until cloture is invoked.

If the same holds in the Senate, it won't pass cloture and won't reach the president's desk.

The margin they have isn't even enough to get past the 60% cloture vote to pass it in the first place.

I'm not sure what to think about, in particular, the practice of voting for cloture and against the bill.

The cloture rules have only had significant changes twice in history.

It takes 41 Senators to filibuster, as a vote for cloture takes a 60-vote majority on the floor.

Quick, we've got to omnibus the filibuster before the cloture overflows and the whole bill crashes!

At 60 votes, the majority side can invoke 'cloture' which moves the bill to an actual vote, after which you only need 50 votes to pass.

My only point is that, had the blocking of the bill depended on Paul and Cruz voting against cloture, they would have voted against cloture.

""Still, Ornstein largely attributes the stark rise in cloture motions in the 110th Congress to Republican delay and obstruction tactics.

If you look at the graphs or some HN comment, apparently, every language is flourishing, including cloture!Conversely, using the same technique, one could also ascertain that every language is also languishing.

> Who'd filibuster in her support?Since the Senate doesn't require "active" filibusters in practice, just the absence of sufficient votes to invoke cloture, you'd just ask who'd use Senate procedure to keep her.> This campaign would be a form of pressure.

The new R's are going to do what they're told, just like Paul and Cruz did what they were told in this vote, as well: as stars of the Republican party, they were allowed to vote for cloture and deflect attacks on them in a year when the race for President heats up.