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  2. Mar 16

    (definition: the act of terminating something) closure or, informally, a guillotine, is a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick end. The cloture procedure originated in the French National Assembly, from which the name is taken.

  3. Mar 15

    motion filed.

    Chuck Schumer just filed cloture on the Xavier Becerra nomination for HHS secretary. Senate could begin considering him as early as this week.
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  4. Mar 17

    U.S. : About and  | Historical Overview -

  5. Mar 17

    🚨 Alert: "YES" on on Xavier Becerra to be Secretary of ( & )! has spent a lifetime working for & for all - seeking to ensure access & protecting the rights of .

    The Senate is now in session. Two votes at 11:30 AM: 1. Confirmation of Cal #29, Katherine C. Tai to be United States Trade Representative 2. Cloture on Cal. #37, Xavier Becerra to be Secretary of HHS
  6. Mar 16
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    Make the minority have MINIMUM 40 anti- votes IN THE CHAMBER at all times, else the ends on the spot.

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  7. Mar 15

    A suggestion on Keep it. Just amend it to add a limit to how many times a year can be invoked by either Party. How say you to this idea?

  8. Mar 15

    At this mid-March moment, most new freshmen must be well past Page 92 and Caro’s first explanation of the importance of the , , and to the Minority ...

  9. Mar 20

    Brookings Sr. Fellow-Governance Studies/GW Poli-Sci Professor Sarah Binder gives enlightening analyis on potential , . Offers nuance. "Instead of a full talking-filibuster, I think we're more likely to see carve-outs; for say, voting rights."

  10. Mar 20

    Do the right thing, . Your voters don't care about .

  11. Mar 20
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    How about changing cloture so it needs votes representing 60% of the citizens? (each Senator gets half the number of their state). Protects against abuse of a narrow majority of Senators / minority of voters, less drastic change?

  12. Mar 17

    Example of how our is broken: appointing judges (the ) only requires a simple majority, but passing NEW legislation requires . This incentivizes an monopolistic ruling through - aka exactly what we've become

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  13. 14 hours ago

    There is no filibuster-rule. The process to change is . What we need is . It's a lot harder for the fucks to campaign against new CLOTURE rules than it is for them to defend the myth of the filibuster. .

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  14. Mar 20

    Very interesting argument for killing by . Plus blocking votes on bills by requiring for seems inherently Anti-. And, used in past to support policies.

    An interesting argument is bouncing around that explains why Mitch McConnell might have reacted the way he did — and why it’s actually a show of weakness and fear on McConnell’s part, writes:
  15. Mar 16

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  16. Mar 17

    The Senate has voted 50-49 to advance to a final vote on Xavier Becerra's nomination to be HHS Secretary. The vote, which needed a simple majority, now sets up Becerra's final confirmation vote likely for Thursday.
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  17. Mar 19

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  18. 3 hours ago

    Maintenant, LCI qui propose de clôturer son assurance-vie ! C’est dire !!!

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  19. Mar 19

    Prix unitaire 19.50€, contact en MP ou à l'adresse vdgm.asso@gmail.com, bon de commande à remplir juste ici:

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  20. Mar 15

    Schumer files cloture on Mahty Walsh to be Labor Secretary and Xavier Becerra to be HHS Secretary. Votes likely later this week
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  21. Mar 18

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