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Senate Resources

• Rules XIX (Debate) and XXII (Motions)

• Riddick's Senate Procedure (GPO - GovInfo)

• Senate Action on Cloture Motions, 1917-Present

Congressional Research Service Reports

• Invoking Cloture in the Senate (PDF)

• Cloture: Its Effect on Senate Proceedings (PDF)

• Cloture Attempts on Nominations (PDF)

• Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate (PDF)

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