http://www.metafilter.com/tags/cloture Posts tagged with 'cloture' at MetaFilter. Tue, 08 Mar 2005 19:09:21 -0800 Tue, 08 Mar 2005 19:09:21 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/40297/Cloture%2Dfor%2DBankruptcy%2DAbuse%2DPrevention%2Dand%2DConsumer%2DProtection%2DAct%2Dof%2D2005 A <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SN256:">Senate bill</a> to <a href="http://www.doney.net/bra/flowchart.htm">overhaul</a> <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/bankruptcy.html">federal bankruptcy <a href="http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/11/toc.html">laws</a>, a <a href="http://www.business-journal.com/BankruptcyBill.asp">top priority</a> of <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050308/dctu070_1.html">retailers</a>, <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/alerts/v6/alertv6_54a.asp">auto lenders</a> and <a href="http://www.aba.com/Industry+Issues/Bankruptcy_Reform_Main_Menu.htm">banks</a>, <a href="http://www.fxstreet.com/nou/noticies/afx/noticia.asp?pv_noticia=1110312991-d8260f08-44554">cleared a key hurdle</a> Tuesday afternoon. <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00029">Sixty-nine senators</a> -- nine more than needed -- voted for "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloture">cloture</a>," a procedural move that limits debate. <a href="http://news.morningstar.com/news/DJ/M03/D04/200503041739DOWJONESDJONLINE001006.html">Republican leaders</a> hope to push the bill to a final vote by the end of the week. Earlier, the Senate <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00028">turned back</a> a controversial, <a href="http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=%5CPolitics%5Carchive%5C200503%5CPOL20050308b.html">abortion</a>-<a href="http://www.wcla.org/00-summer/bankruptcy.html">related</a> <a href="http://www.doney.net/bra/523.htm#523(a)(19)">amendment</a> that has <a href="http://www.prolifeaction.org/news/200212/bankruptcy.htm">scuttled <a href="http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/judiciary/hju52831.000/hju52831_0f.htm">p</a><a href="http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/judiciary/hju62437.000/hju62437_0f.htm">r</a><a href="http://library.lp.findlaw.com/articles/file/00088/005407/title/Subject/topic/Bankruptcy_Preferences/filename/bankruptcy_2_547">e</a><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:HR00333:@@@T">v</a><a href="http://www.abanet.org/poladv/letters/107th/bankruptcy042202.html">i</a><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:HR00975:@@@T">o</a><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?&db_id=cp108&r_n=hr407.108&sel=TOC_2516&">u</a><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-256">s</a> <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/news/bankruptcy/">efforts</a> to pass <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy#Bankruptcy_Abuse_Prevention_.26_Consumer_Protection_Act_of_2005">bankruptcy legislation</a>. The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 was first introduced in <a href="http://grassley.senate.gov/releases/1998/p8r05-23.htm">1998</a></a> as The Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.40297 Tue, 08 Mar 2005 19:09:21 -0800 abortion bankruptcy cloture consumer creditcard legislation senate us airguitar