Cloture, the Glossary
Cloture (also), closure or, informally, a guillotine, is a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick end.[1]
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89 relations: Act of Parliament (United Kingdom), Australia, Barack Obama, BBC Online, Cameron–Clegg coalition, Canada, Carl Levin, Casting vote, Charles Curtis, Charles Stewart Parnell, Civil and political rights, Committee of the whole, Congressional Review Act, Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942), Debate, Executive Schedule, Filibuster, Filibuster in the United States Senate, French language, Gang of 14, George W. Norris, Hansard, Harry Reid, Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden, Henry Cabot Lodge, Hong Kong, House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Lords, House of Lords Reform Bill 2012, Irish Parliamentary Party, Jasper Tsang, Joe Manchin, John F. Kennedy, Justice delayed is justice denied, Kangaroo closure, Land War, Legislative Council (Amendment) Ordinance 2012, Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Legislative session, Lexico, Lord Speaker, Majority, Mark Pryor, Merchant ship, Mitch McConnell, Motion (parliamentary procedure), National Assembly (France), Naval Aid Bill, Neil Gorsuch, ... Expand index (39 more) »
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Act of Parliament (United Kingdom)
An Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom is primary legislation passed by the UK Parliament in Westminster, London.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
BBC Online
BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service.
Cameron–Clegg coalition
The Cameron–Clegg coalition was formed by David Cameron and Nick Clegg when Cameron was invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, following the resignation of Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 11 May 2010, after the general election on 6 May.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Carl Levin
Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015.
Casting vote
A casting vote is a vote that someone may exercise to resolve a tied vote in a deliberative body.
Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Kansas who served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover.
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Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell (27 June 1846 – 6 October 1891) was an Irish nationalist politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom from 1875 to 1891, Leader of the Home Rule League from 1880 to 1882, and then of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1882 to 1891, who held the balance of power in the House of Commons during the Home Rule debates of 1885–1886.
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Civil and political rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.
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Committee of the whole
A committee of the whole is a meeting of a legislative or deliberative assembly using procedural rules that are based on those of a committee, except that in this case the committee includes all members of the assembly.
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Congressional Review Act
The Congressional Review Act (CRA) is a law that was enacted by the United States Congress as Subtitle E of the Contract with America Advancement Act of 1996 and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on March 29, 1996.
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Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)
The Conservative Party of Canada was a major federal political party in Canada that existed from 1867 to 1942.
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Debate
Debate is a process that involves formal discourse, discussion, and oral addresses on a particular topic or collection of topics, often with a moderator and an audience.
Executive Schedule
Executive Schedule is the system of salaries given to the highest-ranked appointed officials in the executive branch of the U.S. government.
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Filibuster
A filibuster is a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision.
Filibuster in the United States Senate
A filibuster is a tactic used in the United States Senate to delay or block a vote on a measure by preventing debate on it from ending. Cloture and filibuster in the United States Senate are filibuster.
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French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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Gang of 14
The Gang of 14 was a bipartisan group of Senators in the 109th United States Congress who successfully, at the time, negotiated a compromise in the spring of 2005 to avoid the deployment of the so-called "nuclear option" by Senate Republican Majority over an organized use of the filibuster by Senate Democrats. Cloture and Gang of 14 are filibuster.
George W. Norris
George William Norris (July 11, 1861September 2, 1944) was an American politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States.
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Hansard
Hansard is the transcripts of parliamentary debates in Britain and many Commonwealth countries.
Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid Jr. (December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017.
Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden
Henry Bouverie William Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden (24 December 181414 March 1892), was a British Liberal politician.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 November 9, 1924) was an American politician, historian, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada.
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House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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House of Lords Reform Bill 2012
The House of Lords Reform Bill 2012 was a proposed Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom introduced to the House of Commons in June 2012 by Nick Clegg.
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Irish Parliamentary Party
The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP; commonly called the Irish Party or the Home Rule Party) was formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons at Westminster within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland up until 1918.
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Jasper Tsang
Jasper Tsang Yok-sing (t; born 17 May 1947) is a Hong Kong politician.
Joe Manchin
Joseph Manchin III (born August 24, 1947) is an American politician and businessman serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia, a seat he has held since 2010.
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
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Justice delayed is justice denied
"Justice delayed is justice denied" is a legal maxim.
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Kangaroo closure
Kangaroo closure is a measure coined as early as 1911 reserved for parliamentary procedure wherein the chairman or speaker selects certain amendments for discussion and excludes others.
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Land War
The Land War (Cogadh na Talún) was a period of agrarian agitation in rural Ireland (then wholly part of the United Kingdom) that began in 1879.
Legislative Council (Amendment) Ordinance 2012
The Legislative Council (Amendment) Ordinance 2012 is an ordinance of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
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Legislative Council of Hong Kong
The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, colloquially known as LegCo, is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong.
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Legislative session
A legislative session is the period of time in which a legislature, in both parliamentary and presidential systems, is convened for purpose of lawmaking, usually being one of two or more smaller divisions of the entire time between two elections.
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Lexico
Lexico was a dictionary website that provided a collection of English and Spanish dictionaries produced by Oxford University Press (OUP), the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
Lord Speaker
The Lord Speaker of the House of Lords is the presiding officer, chairman and highest authority of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Majority
A majority is more than half of a total.
Mark Pryor
Mark Lunsford Pryor (born January 10, 1963) is an American attorney, politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 2003 to 2015.
Merchant ship
A merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire.
Mitch McConnell
Addison Mitchell McConnell III (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney who has been serving as senate minority leader since 2021 and the senior United States senator from Kentucky since 1985, the longest serving senator in his state's history.
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Motion (parliamentary procedure)
In certain countries, a motion in parliamentary procedure is a formal proposal by a member of a deliberative assembly that the assembly take certain action. Cloture and motion (parliamentary procedure) are motions (parliamentary procedure).
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National Assembly (France)
The National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (Sénat).
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Naval Aid Bill
The Naval Aid Bill was a bill introduced in the House of Commons of Canada, by Conservative Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden on December 5, 1912.
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Neil Gorsuch
Neil McGill Gorsuch (born August 29, 1967) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
New Zealand House of Representatives
The House of Representatives (lit) is the sole chamber of the New Zealand Parliament.
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New Zealand House of Representatives committees
Committees of the New Zealand House of Representatives are subsets of the New Zealand House of Representatives which deal with specific tasks delegated to them by the House.
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New Zealand Parliament
The New Zealand Parliament (Pāremata Aotearoa) is the unicameral legislature of New Zealand, consisting of the Sovereign (King-in-Parliament) and the New Zealand House of Representatives.
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Nuclear option
In the United States Senate, the nuclear option is a parliamentary procedure that allows the Senate to override a standing rule by a simple majority, avoiding the two-thirds supermajority normally required to invoke cloture on a measure amending the Standing Rules. Cloture and nuclear option are filibuster.
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Obstructionism
Obstructionism is the practice of deliberately delaying or preventing a process or change, especially in politics.
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Parliament of Canada
The Parliament of Canada (Parlement du Canada) is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the King, the Senate, and the House of Commons.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.
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Parliamentary procedure
Parliamentary procedures are the accepted rules, ethics, and customs governing meetings of an assembly or organization.
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Plurality (voting)
A plurality vote (in North American English) or relative majority (in British English) describes the circumstance when a party, candidate, or proposition polls more votes than any other but does not receive more than half of all votes cast.
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President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
The president of the Legislative Council is the presiding officer of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
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Previous question
In US parliamentary procedure, the previous question (also known as "calling for the question", "calling the question", "close debate", "calling for a vote", "vote now", or other similar forms) is generally used as a motion to end debate on a pending proposal and bring it to an immediate vote.
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Prime minister
A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system.
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Profiles in Courage
Profiles in Courage is a 1956 volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States senators.
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Protection of Persons and Property (Ireland) Act 1881
The Protection of Persons and Property (Ireland) Act 1881,The Act had no official short title.
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Quorum
A quorum is the minimum number of members of a group necessary to constitute the group at a meeting.
Reading (legislature)
A reading of a bill is a stage of debate on the bill held by a general body of a legislature.
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Reconciliation (United States Congress)
Budget reconciliation is a special parliamentary procedure of the United States Congress set up to expedite the passage of certain federal budget legislation in the Senate.
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Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden (June 26, 1854 – June 10, 1937) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920.
Second Gladstone ministry
After campaigning against the foreign policy of the Beaconsfield ministry, William Gladstone led the Liberal Party to victory in the 1880 general election.
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Second Salisbury ministry
The Marquess of Salisbury formed his second ministry, in an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party, following the 1886 general election and his reappointment as the British prime minister by Queen Victoria.
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Speaker Denison's rule
Speaker Denison's rule is a constitutional convention established by John Evelyn Denison, who was Speaker of the British House of Commons from 1857 to 1872, regarding how the Speaker decides on their casting vote in the event of a tie in the number of votes cast in a division.
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Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)
The speaker of the House of Commons (président de la Chambre des communes) is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Parliament of Canada.
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Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the lower house and primary chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
In New Zealand, the speaker of the House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House (te mana whakawā o te Whare), is the presiding officer and highest authority of the New Zealand House of Representatives.
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Supermajority
A supermajority (also called supra-majority, supramajority, qualified majority, or special majority) is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of more than one-half used for a simple majority.
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.
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Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919.
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U-boat campaign
The U-boat campaign from 1914 to 1918 was the World War I naval campaign fought by German U-boats against the trade routes of the Allies.
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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (in case citations, D.C. Cir.) is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals.
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United States courts of appeals
The United States courts of appeals are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal judiciary.
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United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.
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Ways and means committee
A ways and means committee is a government body that is charged with reviewing and making recommendations for government budgets.
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William Ewart Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician.
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Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
1974 United States Senate elections
The 1974 United States Senate elections were held on November 5, with the 34 seats of Class 3 contested in regular elections.
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66th United States Congress
The 66th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
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94th United States Congress
The 94th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
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See also
Filibuster
- 2008 Parnell–Bressington filibuster
- Chris Murphy gun control filibuster
- Cloture
- Filibuster
- Filibuster in the United States Senate
- Gang of 14
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Naranjazo (speech)
- Nuclear option
- Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957
Motions (parliamentary procedure)
- Cloture
- Friendly amendment
- List of motions
- Motion (parliamentary procedure)
- Motion 103
- Motion 312
- Motions of no confidence
- Motions that bring a question again before the assembly
- Privileged motions
- Resolution (law)
- Take-note debate
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloture
Also known as Bill of Cloture, Closure rule, Cloture motion, Cloture rule, Cloture vote, Clouture, Filibuster proof, Filibuster-proof, Filibuster-proof majority, Guillotine Motion, Programme motion.
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