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Cloture - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Cloture : (noun)
1: a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
[syn: closure, gag rule, gag law]
(verb)
1: terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was
closured"; "cloture the discussion" [syn: closure]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Closure \Clo"sure\ (?, 135), n. [Of. closure, L. clausura, fr.
clauedere to shut. See Close, v. t.]
1. The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a
chink.
2. That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts
are fastened or closed.
Without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever.
--Pope.
3. That which incloses or confines; an inclosure.
O thou bloody prison . . . Within the guilty closure
of thy walls Richard the Second here was hacked to
death. --Shak.
4. A conclusion; an end. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. (Parliamentary Practice) A method of putting an end to
debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure
before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the
previous question. It was first introduced into the
British House of Commons in 1882. The French word
cl[^o]ture was originally applied to this proceeding.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Cloture : \Cl[^o]`ture"\, n. [F.] (Parliamentary Practice)
See Closure, 5.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Cloture |
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truefulpatriot: @clairecmc WHY do you want to cut Medicare? - Vote NO on Cloture! #KILLTHEBILL #tweetcongress |
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hfienberg: RT @ASTAGovtAffairs: helpful timeline from Sen Durbin's office on the mechanics of a health care Cloture vote: http://tinyurl.com/yanmg28 |
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MDuppler: 60 votes next week? See ya, Christmas deadline. Cloture needs to be filed THIS week to make it - http://tinyurl.com/ydyq4ne #handsoff |
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