CLOTURE pronounced 'CLOE-CHUR'
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people are calling it the filibuster, but it's actually the cloture, think of it as closing the debate.
Senators can try to kill a bill by doing a filibuster. In the filibuster the senator can extend the debate on the bill for as long as possible to prevent it from being voted on.
The term is filibuster.
In some debate forums, the speaker holds the floor (dominates the debate) until s/he stops speaking. When a speaker decides to jam the debate to prevent it from concluding they can continue to talk endlessly. They can read the newspaper, a book, the telephone book, anything. in order to never stop talking. That's a filibuster, they are filibustering the debate. The most common place this occurs in the U.S. Congress.
It would be Three-fifths of the Senate, or 60 members who vote against it.
It's called a filibuster. filibuster.
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Wikipedia says this:A filibuster, or "talking out a bill", is a form of obstruction in a legislature or other decision-making body whereby one attempts to delay or entirely prevent a vote on a proposal by extending a debate on that proposal.The senator talked for hours in an attempt to filibuster the bill he opposed.
A filibuster in the United States Senate usually refers to any dilatory or obstructive tactics used to prevent a measure from being brought to a vote. The most common form of filibuster occurs when a senator attempts to delay or entirely prevent a vote on a bill by extending the debate on the measure, but other dilatory tactics exist. The rules permit a senator, or a series of senators, to speak for as long as they wish and on any topic they choose, unless "three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn" (usually 60 out of 100 senators) brings debate to a close by invoking cloture under Senate Rule XXII.