Majority Cloture for Nominations : Implications and the "Nuclear" Proceedings

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Library of Congress. Government Division

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Explains procedural context within which Senate set a precedent that lowered the vote threshold required by Senate Standing Rule XXII for invoking cloture on most Presidential nominations. Addresse...

Explains procedural context within which Senate set a precedent that lowered the vote threshold required by Senate Standing Rule XXII for invoking cloture on most Presidential nominations. Addresses effects of precedent on floor consideration of nominations and noting other potential effects on nominations process. Comments on effects and implications of precedent for future proposals to alter or reinterpret Senate rules through establishment of new precedent. Includes an appendix detailing key procedural steps by which precedent was set.

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