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Cloture (/ˈkloʊtʃər/, also UK: /ˈkloʊtjʊər/), closure or, informally, a guillotine, is a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing

majority, avoiding the three-fifths supermajority normally required to invoke cloture on a measure amending the Standing Rules. The term "nuclear option" is

long as they wish. 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

Committee. April 18, 2024. Retrieved April 18, 2024. "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sparkle L. Sooknanan to be U.S. District Judge for the

the Senate is the filibuster on some matters and its remedy the vote on cloture. The drafters of the Constitution debated more about how to award representation

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

Leader Harry Reid filed a motion to invoke cloture on the nomination. On December 16, Reid withdrew his cloture motion on Burroughs's nomination and the

Harry Reid filed a motion to invoke cloture on Rosenberg's nomination. On July 22, 2014 the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 58–42 vote. Later

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the bill with a filibuster, as it lacked the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture after a party-line vote. Some Senate Democrats expressed support for abolishing