The new rule would change this simple bit. When the rule of cloture is invoked, a vote is taken on the measure and should it not pass a simple majority, the bill is killed. If, however, a Senator invokes the rule of cloture, and when the vote is taken it does not pass on the 3/5′s majority, but does on simple majority, the floor is immediately opened up for debate. Four calls for debate will go out, and if nobody steps up to debate, the cloture would be voted on again, this time only needing a simple majority to pass. This now ties cloture to the very system it was developed originally for, it ties it to endless debate. Now once the speaker ends, the next call goes out, again up to four times. Each time someone speaks, it resets the calls for debate
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