cloture的意思|cloture的解释-里氏词典

cloture ['klәutʃә]

n. 讨论终结提付表决

vt. 以提付表决来结束辩论

[法] 终止辩论付诸表决的方法

cloture

[ noun ]

a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

<noun.communication>

[ verb ]

terminate debate by calling for a vote

<verb.change>

closure

debate was closured
cloture the discussion

Cloture \Cl[^o]`ture"\, n. [F.] (Parliamentary Practice)
See {Closure}, 5.

That measure, known as a cloture vote, cannot come up for a vote before Thursday.
Democrats have the votes to pass the bill, but they had virtually no hope of mustering the 60 needed to win Friday's cloture roll call.
The Democrat had said it was acceptable to 32 senators, enough to pass a motion of cloture that would end the filibuster, which began Thursday.
The vote fell six short of the 60 required to invoke debate-limiting cloture.
Before invoking cloture, the Senate voted 65-31 against an amendment that would have imposed a penalty of life imprisonment without parole, instead of the death penalty, for people convicted under the terms of D'Amato's bill.
In response, Byrd and Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan., filed a cloture motion to halt debate.
Supporters of the measure to prohibit smoking aboard all U.S. airline flights had said in advance that they had the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture and halt the filibuster.
Sixty senators must vote to invoke cloture.
Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., said he would offer a cloture motion today to cut short the long series of amendments being offered by a small band of conservatives who oppose the pact.
Democrats had hoped to pick up support for cloture before they had to concede defeat and pull the bill from the floor.
The back-stage talks were aimed at setting aside the cloture vote, which also would mean the Senate could avoid the all-night session which would be required if cloture were invoked.
The back-stage talks were aimed at setting aside the cloture vote, which also would mean the Senate could avoid the all-night session which would be required if cloture were invoked.
The latest Senate battle over campaign spending followed a record seven cloture attempts by the Democratic leadership last year, all of them in vain. wound up with a fusillade of floor rhetoric.
The measure has 52 co-sponsors, more than the majority of 51 senators necessary for passage, but Democratic strategists say they are still short of the 60 votes required to invoke cloture and proceed to a floor vote on the bill itself.
The Senate voted 74-25 to limit debate on the issue, assuring that the matter would come up for a final vote later in the day. Sixty votes were required to invoke cloture, heading off filibuster threats from opponents of the package.

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