cloture
pronunciation
How to pronounce cloture in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce cloture in American English:
US
Word Origin
- cloture (n.)
- 1871, the French word for "closure, the action of closing," applied to debates in the French Assembly ("action of closing (debate) by will of a majority"), then to the House of Commons and U.S. Congress, from French clôture, from Old French closture (see closure). It was especially used in English by those opposed to the tactic. In foreign countries the Clôture has been used notoriously to barricade up a majority against the "pestilent" criticism of a minority, and in this country every "whip" and force is employed by the majority to re-assert its continued supremacy and to keep its ranks intact whenever attacked. How this one-sided struggle to maintain solidarity can be construed into "good for all" is inexplicable in the sense uttered. ["The clôture and the Recent Debate, a Letter to Sir J. Lubbock," London, 1882]
Example
- 1. We believe the abuse of the cloture rule ending debate is a violation of fundamental constitutional principles .
- 2. Examples of recent abuse of the cloture rule include the 53 to 36 senate vote to end tax cuts for the wealthy .
- 3. Resolutions have been introduced in the senate to alter the cloture rule and permit majority rule , while continuing to protect the rights of individual senators .
- 4. Filibuster is possible in the us senate , because the rules of the senate allow unlimited debate . A filibuster may be end by a cloture motion ; the technique be also used in the uk .
- 5. Thereafter , in order to win cloture debates , they will need to win over only one centrist republican .