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niyad

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2. called a senate hold

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Thu Jan 29, 2015, 10:18 PM

Jan 2015

Senate hold

In the United States Senate, a hold is a parliamentary procedure permitted by the Standing Rules of the United States Senate which allows one or more Senators to prevent a motion from reaching a vote on the Senate floor.

If the Senator provides notice privately to his or her party leadership of their intent (and the party leadership agreed), then the hold is known as a secret or anonymous hold. If the Senator actually objects on the Senate floor or the hold is publicly revealed, then the hold is more generally known as a Senatorial hold.

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So (R) Tom Coburn was able to completely stop a vote for veterans health care [View all] Maraya1969 Jan 2015 OP

'Coburn objected to a motion to allow a vote on the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention Act, elleng Jan 2015 #1

Thanks for the link elleng. (nt) enough Jan 2015 #3

You're quite welcome. elleng Jan 2015 #5

WTF? Are they all about the stupid? SammyWinstonJack Jan 2015 #4

Yes, they are. elleng Jan 2015 #6

called a senate hold niyad Jan 2015 #2

Thanks for explaining that. So could one person stop this country from going to war if that person Maraya1969 Jan 2015 #8

Holds, like filibusters, can be overridden by cloture motions which require 60+ votes. n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2015 #9

Support the Troops. Downwinder Jan 2015 #7

I wish Vets and their family and friends and we Activists would bombard Tom Coburn with Cha Jan 2015 #10