Under Senate rules, it takes 60 votes to invoke cloture and usher a bill to a vote.

根据参议院规定，它需要60张选票行使权利结束辩论和引导法案进入投票。

This minority resorts to the Senate rule requiring a three-fifths vote — 60 votes — to close (invoke cloture on) debate.

这参议院少数诉诸规定，要求一五分之三票- 60票- 关闭（调用可用终结）的辩论。

Senators hold a wide range of political views, and not all party members will favor cloture on the same issues.

参议员有各种各样不同的政见，并非所有的党员都会赞成在同一个问题上采取以提付表决的做法来终止辩论。

We believe the abuse of the cloture rule ending debate is a violation of fundamental Constitutional principles.

我们相信结束辩论规则的可用终结滥用是一种基本的宪法原则的违反。

In 1975, the Senate reduced the number of votes needed for cloture to three-fifths (60).

1975年，参议院决定将使用cloture所需的票数从三分之二减为五分之三(60票)。

The ad suggests that if Obama wins the presidency and the Democrats have enough members to invoke cloture, the Democratic president’s proposals could pass through the Senate with minimal debate.

这则广告包含的意思是，如果奥巴马当选总统，并且民主党有足够的票数达到cloture的目的，那么，民主党籍总统的提议只要经过最低限度的辩论即可在参议院获得通过。

Alternatively, even if the Democrats do not earn 60 seats, on certain topics they may be able to invoke cloture with the help of some moderate Republicans.

而另一方面，即使民主党得不到60个席位，在某些议题上，在得到某些温和派共和党参议员的帮助下，他们也可诉诸于cloture的做法。

For most of the 19th century the majority in the Senate had no way to move to "cloture"—ie, end a filibuster and force a vote.

在大部分的十九世纪中，参议院的多数党没有任何方法可以“终结一个辩论”—也就是终止对手以不停发言来阻扰法案的手段并对法案作强制表决。

This device, called “cloture,” can halt filibusters, but it was used rarely because as it was so difficult to gain the support of that many senators.

这种提付表决以终止辩论的手段被称作"cloture"，但这种手段虽有终止filibuster的作用，但在实践上鲜被利用，因为要取得那么多参议员的支持绝非易事。

None of Splash’s correspondents cared about or even knew Senator Kennedy’s position on the estate tax, or whether he’d invoke cloture on a resolution to incrementally finance the defense budget.

Spalsh的笔友里没有一个人关心它的主人，肯尼迪议员先生对于遗产税的立场，或是他是否发起一项增加国防预算的议案。