Number: RL32149
Title: Proposals to Amend the Senate Cloture Rule
Authors: Christopher M. Davis and Betsy Palmer, Government and Finance Division 
Abstract: This report provides a history of the Senate cloture rule, outlines past and present proposals to amend it, and presents arguments both in support of, and in opposition to, the Senates tradition of unlimited debate.
Pages: 13
Date: February 17, 2005