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    Cloture (UK: US: /ˈkloʊtʃər/, also UK: /ˈkloʊtjʊər/), closure or, informally, a guillotine, is a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at...
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  • majority, avoiding the two-thirds supermajority normally required to invoke cloture on a measure amending the Standing Rules. The term "nuclear option" is...
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    they wish.: 716  Only when debate concludes (whether naturally or using cloture) can the measure be put to a vote. Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the...
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    hearings held on February 22–23, 2021, and approved 15–7 on March 1, 2021. Cloture invoked 70–29 on March 9, 2021. Confirmed 70–30 on March 10, 2021, and...
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    Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved June 9, 2022. "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nancy L. Maldonado to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern...
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    proposed amendments. The Senate may end a filibuster by invoking cloture. In most cases, cloture requires the support of three-fifths of the Senate; however...
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    Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved March 7, 2024. "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sunil R. Harjani to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern...
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    to pass the Senate after falling short of the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture. A second attempt to pass it on January 19, 2022, as part of a combined...
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    Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved March 7, 2024. "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jasmine Hyejung Yoon to be U.S. District Judge for the...
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  • November 3, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021. Cloture Votes "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Julie Rikelman to be United States Circuit...
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