Thread by @endtimespeptalk

Listen up, dummies!
Once again, it’s time to play our favorite game:
WHAT THE FUCK IS CLOTURE?
Q1: but for serious, what is it?
A1. It’s French for “close” or something because rich white men made the rules and they like fancy shit.
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Q2: that’s stupid, can’t they just say “close”
A2: no, they are very rich and very white and they do not compromise on their fancy shit.

Q3: JUST FUCKING TELL ME WHAT IT IS ALREADY
A3: jfc stop yelling at us, we’re volunteers.

Q4: ok, I’ll stop—what is it...please?
A4: better. So, since the Senate sets NO no limit on the amount of time another senator can yammer on about something they devised a “parliamentary procedure hack” of sorts...

Q5: and?
A5: The senate can’t technically vote until they force everyone to stop talking and since they VOTE ON FUCKING EVERYTHING. To get to the vote on the ACTUAL thing, they have to force them to shut up and vote.

Q6: kind of like the midterms this year?
A6: I see what you did there...YES. So when the senate want to force a vote they’ll file a unnecessarily fancy cloture motion.

Q7: and then what?
A7: the motion sits for two days (because FANCY) and then they vote.
It takes 51 yes votes to invoke cloture, setting the debate time to 30 hours (20 for budget rec bills—long story🙄)

Q8: does that mean it’s over?
A8: FUCK NO IT’S FUCKING OVER ITS EVEN IF THEY GET 1 MILLION VOTES (not possible—rhetorical) ON CLOTURE IT WONT CONFIRM KAVANAUGH.

Q9: huh?
A9: yeah it’s obnoxious, but a Senator can vote to proceed to limited debate and STILL VOTE NO ON KAVANAUGH.

Q10: So...keep calling?
A10: JFC PAY ATTENTION YES CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL FUCKING CALL.
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