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Egnever

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16. The cloture vote is to end the filibuster

Reply to Kalidurga (Reply #15)

Wed Jun 3, 2015, 01:18 PM

Jun 2015

And takes 60 votes as opposed to the simple majority. After cloture there is no filibuster.

The time to stop a bill is before cloture and voting for it removes the biggest hurdle to passing a bill.

The idea that someone is trying to stop a bill by voting for cloture is ridiculous on it's face.

Something someone who supposedly wants to explain things to people should know and something Bernie certainly knows, but he played you and a lot of others for rubes counting on you not to understand basic senate procedure.
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Bernie Sanders on Late Night w/ Seth Meyers: Plans to Vote Against Patriot Act Replacement (VIDEO) [View all] Hissyspit Jun 2015 OP

Holy crap wtf Egnever Jun 2015 #1

A procedural vote, he explained it. He always intended to vote against it, as he has said. Did you sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #2

Love Bernie but that is a cop out like voting for fast track and then voting against the TPP TheKentuckian Jun 2015 #10

cloture: Kalidurga Jun 2015 #6

Seriously ? Egnever Jun 2015 #13

how do you filibuster a cloture? Kalidurga Jun 2015 #15

The cloture vote is to end the filibuster Egnever Jun 2015 #16

I actually get that Kalidurga Jun 2015 #17

It is a ridiculous assertion Egnever Jun 2015 #18

I prefer they vote the sooner the better. Kalidurga Jun 2015 #19

Thanks Hissyspit. lovemydog Jun 2015 #3

Here's the post marym625 Jun 2015 #9

Can you IMAGINE a POTUS that has such a strong sense of what is right, that he/she doesn't deliver Bonobo Jun 2015 #4

Lol he just delivered copious amounts of bullshit Egnever Jun 2015 #14

Oh that folk album is a serious problem davidpdx Jun 2015 #5

That was funny! Lol! sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #12

I love how Bernie emphasized FAIRNESS TexasBushwhacker Jun 2015 #7

I posted both parts with links to both yours and Sabrina1's posts marym625 Jun 2015 #8

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #11