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The procedure used to cut off debate and end a filibuster is known as?

cloture


What is the procedure in the Senate to limit debate on a bill called?

people are calling it the filibuster, but it's actually the cloture, think of it as closing the debate.


How can Senators try to kill a bill?

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.


What is the practice that allows for unlimited debate on the Senate floor?

The term is filibuster.


What is debate 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.


Congress' use of long speeches and unlimited debate to delay or put a stop to a bill is called a?

It's called a filibuster. filibuster.


How many senators do you need to break up a congressional filibuster?

It would be Three-fifths of the Senate, or 60 members who vote against it.


What is prolonged debate in congress to kill a bill?

filibuster


What do you call unlimited debate in the Senate that can kill a bill?

filibuster


What is a prolonged debate in congress to kill a bill called?

filibuster


What is the cloture rule?

It is is a motion or process aimed at bringing debate to a quick end, and is used to prevent a fillibust.


A sentence using the word filibuster?

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.