Tag: cloture

With seven legislative days remaining, Senate Republicans cloture Democrat counterparts to pass six conservative bills

Senate Republicans began using their supermajority to limit debate and filibusters by Democrats in the Senate on Thursday.

Democrat State Sen. Smitherman on GOP supermajority plans to cloture in Alabama Senate: ‘I won’t move from this mic until we sine die’

Republicans plan to begin limiting debate and filibusters by Democrats in the Senate, according to State Sen. Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham).