Tomorrow’s Cloture Vote Could Predict Bill’s Success (Or Failure) Roll Call reports that tomorrow’s vote on cloture to proceed to debate on the health care bill could indeed be very crucial, and not simply a procedural motion. A Congressional Research Service report, requested by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), shows that on the 41 bills where such a vote has been held since 1999, the Senate ultimately passed the underlying bill in 40 of those occasions.
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