1. a parliamentary procedure used to end debate and force a vote on a bill or motion
Usage: political/legislative term

1. to end debate on a bill or motion by invoking cloture
Usage: political/legislative term

Examples

• The Senate voted for cloture to end the lengthy filibuster.
• Without cloture, the debate could continue indefinitely.
• The majority leader filed a cloture motion to advance the bill.
• They needed 60 votes to invoke cloture in the Senate.
• The opposition tried to prevent cloture on the controversial measure.
• After three days of debate, senators agreed to cloture the discussion.
• The committee decided to cloture debate and proceed to voting.