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To: Mo1
Maybe the Democratic President wannabes are out?

Good time to just vote to close cloture. BS on this 48 hours notice garbage.
207 posted on 03/03/2003 10:35:14 AM PST by mabelkitty (Let's be pro-active - Start an "Impeach Hillary" campaign before she announces her candidacy)
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To: mabelkitty
BS on this 48 hours notice garbage.

Them's the rules. A motion to invoke cloture requires 48 hours notice.

A filibuster can be stopped when the Senate invokes cloture. This can be an arduous task in and of itself. To invoke cloture, a Senator needs to do the following:

1. Wait two days after a filibuster begins.

2. Obtain sixteen signatures on a motion to invoke cloture.

3. Wait another two days before the Senate can vote on cloture.

4. Make sure that three-fifths of the Senate (sixty Senators) vote to end debate.

5. Endure an additional thirty hours of debate before the final roll call vote.

BTW, obtaining cloture is not necessarily a guarantee that the filibuster will be over.

233 posted on 03/03/2003 10:46:51 AM PST by justshe (FREE MIGUEL !)
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