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What is the difference between a filibuster and closure in the senate?
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A filibuster is a delay tactic to prevent a motion (e.g., a motion on a legislative bill) from being voted on by the member of the assembly in which the motion is being considered. Fillibusters extend debate on the motion to obstruct its passage. Cloture is an action that ends debate so that the assembled body may vote on the motion. Therefore, cloture can end a filibuster so that the motion may be put to the floor for a vote. In the U.S. Senate, for example, cloture can be achieved with a 3/5 vote (i.e., 60 of 100 Senators).
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What is one difference between how debates are scheduled for discussion in the senate and the house?
The Senate has one calendar
What is the difference between the sole power of impeachment of the house and that of the senate?
electrisity
What was the longest group filibuster in history and who performed it?
The longest filibuster came in spring of 1964 when the U.S. Senate was weighing Lyndon Johnson's Civil Rights Bill. The bill had been introduced by President Kennedy a year earlier but not taken up for debate until after his death. Debate began in March of 1964. Before it was over, Southern senators had filibustered for 534 hours, 1 minute, and 51 seconds. When the Senate finally mustered enough votes to end the filibuster, an aging California senator was wheeled onto the floor and voted by winking his eye. With the filibuster ended, the Senate approved the bill on June 20 and it was signed into law on July 2, 1964.
What tactic did senators use to try block the passage of the civil rights act of1964 for more that two months?
Single senator can block legislation in the Senate via a filibuster - continuing the debate indefinitely. It requires a 3/5 majority to end a filibuster (60 votes in the current 100 senator US-Senate). When the bill came before the full Senate for debate on March 30, 1964, the "Southern Bloc" of 18 Democrat Senators invoked the filibuster to prevent a vote on it. After 54 days, a substitute bill was introduced. Eventually a cloture (vote to end debate) was passed and the substitute bill was passed by the Senate on June 19.
What is major difference between modern republics and the Roman republic?
The Roman Senate was structured differently from modern legislatures.
What statement describes a difference between the legislative procedures of the House of Representatives and the Senate?
The filibuster can be used in the Senate but not in the House
What is the name of the Endless speeches in the senate to delay a vote?
...A Filibuster?
What house does filibuster occur in?
a filibuster occurs in the senate
What house in Congress has the power to filibuster?
Senate
What is the long speech that is used to prevent the senate from voting a bill?
A filibuster
What is the practice that allows for unlimited debate on the Senate floor?
The term is filibuster.
How can Republicans stop the President's appointment on the Senate floor?
Republicans do not have a majority in the Senate; however, they can stop an appointment by President Obama by filibuster.
How many seats are needed for a filibuster-proof house?
The filibuster only exists in the senate. There is no such thing in the House of Representatives. However, in the senate 60 signatures are required to reach cloture on an issue and stop a filibuster
Where can a filibuster take place?
it can only take place in the senate since theirs a small amount of senates
What house of congress has the ability to filibuster?
The Senate.
What government branch deals with a filibuster?
Senate!!
How can a senate stop a filibuster?
With 61 votes
