Home > Term: cloture
cloture
The procedure to place a time limit on consideration of a bill in the US Senate.
Under a cloture motion, the Senate can limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours. To be carried out, it requires at least 60 out of 100 votes by members of the Senate.
The use of a cloture thus prevents a filibuster - an attempt to infinitely extend debate upon a proposal by making a never-ending speech.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Government
- Category: U.S. election
- Company: BBC
0
Creator
- Oasis
- 100% positive feedback