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Cloture is a vote to end debate on a bill and proceed to a vote on the bill. It requires 60 votes to reach cloture. If 41 or more senators vote against cloture the bill does not get voted on. Once cloture is reached, the vote on the bill can be held but that vote only requires a simple majority and then the bill passes. In essence, a vote for cloture ensures that the bill will pass. Watch for Republicans who voted for cloture but then vote against the bill take to the airways to proclaim that they voted against Obamacare - they will be liars.

510 posted on 09/27/2013 9:59:04 AM PDT by SunshinesStormySummerSon

To: SunshinesStormySummerSon

What are they voting on now..?

518 posted on 09/27/2013 10:00:17 AM PDT by ken5050 (Benghazi investigation update: "The plot thickens, like Hillary Clinton's ankles.." (longfellow")

To: SunshinesStormySummerSon; All

Thanks for explaining it..

568 posted on 09/27/2013 10:09:43 AM PDT by cardinal4 (Barack Barry Hussein Soetoro Obama, America's first woman president..)

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