Invoke Cloture News Today

The US senators have adopted a motion to invoke cloture on the debate regarding the bill on assisting Ukraine and Israel. Source: Oksana Markarova, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, on Facebook; US Senate Quote from Markarova: "The next step was the adoption of the Motion to Invoke Cloture on the updated text of bill HR 815 (Legislative tool for the National Security Act of 2024), which was supported by 66 senators (with the required 60), and opposed by 33 senators.

Monday would have marked the 51st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s now overturned decision in Roe v. Wade, and Nevada Democrats were unified in their message — abortion is on the ballot in 2024.

January 26, 2021 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has backed off his demands to protect the 60-vote rule, but the issue could come back up later. With Democrats now holding the Senate majority, talk of eliminating the filibuster has ramped up. So what is a filibuster and why is the issue coming up now? "A filibuster is really extended debate, extended amending activity, whatever it takes to block the majority from going to a vote on whatever it is theyre pursuing," said Sarah Binder, a se...