Senators are allowed to speak for or against a bill and a vote can not be taken until the everyone has had a reasonable opportunity to speak. However, there is a tactic known as the filibuster in which a senator or a group of Senators speak for no purpose except to delay a vote on the bill. The Senate can vote to end debate but this action currently required a 60% majority , so unless 60% of the senators want to end debate and get a vote, the debate can go on until the bill is withdrawn without a vote and the bill dies .
It would be Three-fifths of the Senate, or 60 members who vote against it.
Members of the legislature can prevent an item from being voted on by speaking without stopping (filibuster), thus refusing to let the item be brought to a vote.
To stall the legislative process a prevent a vote.
cloture
Cloture.
3/5ths of senators must vote to end it
3/5ths of the senate must vote to end it
Senators are allowed to speak for or against a bill and a vote can not be taken until the everyone has had a reasonable opportunity to speak. However, there is a tactic known as the filibuster in which a senator or a group of Senators speak for no purpose except to delay a vote on the bill. The Senate can vote to end debate but this action currently required a 60% majority , so unless 60% of the senators want to end debate and get a vote, the debate can go on until the bill is withdrawn without a vote and the bill dies .
...A Filibuster?
The answer is Filibuster. Filibuster also talks a bill to death, and a cloture can end that.
The answer is Filibuster. Filibuster also talks a bill to death, and a cloture can end that.
A filibuster is a debate that takes place within a governing group in which voting is delayed or prevented by one or more members of the group. To end a filibuster the Senate must conduct a vote on the matter. If there is three fifths of the members in favor of ending the filibuster this is carried out.
It would be Three-fifths of the Senate, or 60 members who vote against it.
A cloture can be invoked by a 2/3 vote in the Senate to end a filibuster.
Cloture is the term used to describe the movement to end a filibuster and force Congress to vote on an act. Under the cloture rule, the Senate may limit consideration of pending matters to 30 additional hours, with three-fifths of full Senate vote.
Filibuster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster