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To: Yardstick

The change was it no longer requires 60 votes to pass a cloture motion. I’m not sure what the procedure is to make the motion for cloture or to vote on that motion.

cloture definition: (in a legislative assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.


25 posted on 01/05/2017 6:24:39 AM PST by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: Gil4
Harry Reid said when Hillary wins and If THE DEMOCRATS WIN BACK the SENATE

Supreme Court Nominees are no longer under Fillibuster Rules

26 posted on 01/05/2017 6:51:39 AM PST by scooby321 (o even lower)
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