Invoking Cloture in the Senate

Davis, Christopher M

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Congress;    Senate rules and procedure;    Cloture;   

RP-ID  :  98-425GOV
RP-ID  :  98-425GOV_2005Feb09

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discuses cloture, which isis the only procedure by which the Senate can vote to set an end to a debate without also rejecting the bill, amendment, conference report, motion, or other matter it has been debating. A Senator can make a nondebatable motion to table an amendment, and if a majority of the Senate votes for that motion, the effect is to reject the amendment. Thus, the motion to table cannot be used to conclude a debate when Senators still wish to speak and to enable the Senate to vote for the proposal it is considering. Only the cloture provisions of Rule XXII achieve this purpose.