cloture
To end legislative debate by this means.
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Reconciliation Process Scroll down to the summary where you can see that cloture is not necessary in the reconciliation process. I’m telling you this has Lindsey Graham written all over it. www.congress.gov/crs-pro…
It's the Senate HELP committee which Bernie chaired during the previous Congress that oversees the minimum wage, but when Dems had a trifecta during the 117th, he refused to consider Manchin's proposal to increase it…
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(law, politics, chiefly, US) In legislative assemblies that permit unlimited debate (that is, a filibuster): a motion, procedure or rule by which debate is ended so that a vote may be taken on the matter. For example, in the United States Senate, a three-fifths majority vote of the body is required to invoke cloture and terminate debate.
“Reconciliation Process Scroll down to the summary where you can see that cloture is not necessary in the reconciliation process. I’m telling you this has Lindsey Graham written all over it. www.congress.gov/crs-product/...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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To end legislative debate by this means.
“It's the Senate HELP committee which Bernie chaired during the previous Congress that oversees the minimum wage, but when Dems had a trifecta during the 117th, he refused to consider Manchin's proposal to increase it by 50% even with 10+ GOP votes for cloture.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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