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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Farm bill cloture passes 78 to 12

Cloture for the farm bill was voted on late Thursday (see the all the farm bill votes Thursday here) and the motion passed 78 to 12 with 10 members not voting. Here is what the Senate says about cloture:

The cloture rule–Rule 22–is the only formal procedure that Senate rules provide for breaking a filibuster. A filibuster is an attempt to block or delay Senate action on a bill or other matter. Under cloture, the Senate may limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours of debate.

TK: More work tomorrow, but the end is in sight. Still haven't seen the manager's amendment. Senate begins again at 10 a.m tomorrow.

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