PLS 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Civil Rights Act Of 1964, United States House Committee On Rules, Cloture
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Some freshman senators take this role because it is a pointless job. The tendency for the presidential party to lose congressional seats in off-year elections. A procedural practice in the senate whereby a senator refuses to relinquish the floor and thereby delays proceedings and prevents a vote on a controversial issue. "talking a bill to death" you can yield the floor to different colleagues when breaks are needed. Longest filibuster: southerners fought for 6 weeks on the 1964 civil rights act. The idea that an elected body should mirror demographically the population it represents. John adams said, "assembly should be miniature an exact portrait of the people at large. It should think, feel, reason, and act like them. " A legislative procedure used in the senate to bring an end to debate. It requires 60 votes to invoke cloture and end a filibuster. 24-36 hours later, very difficult to do, especially if they are the minority.
