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To: cotton1706

Cloture is on a filibuster. There is no filibuster of judges.


26 posted on 09/30/2018 5:41:11 PM PDT by lasereye
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To: lasereye

No, cloture is a vote to end a debate.

There are three steps: motion to proceed to debate, motion to end the debate, and the final vote.

A filibuster is just an extended debate.

It takes 51 votes to end debate on any nominee.


35 posted on 09/30/2018 5:54:20 PM PDT by cotton1706
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