thumb|Headline in The Philadelphia Inquirer of 16 November 1919 reporting the first use of cloture by the [[United States Senate]] Cloture (, ), closure or, informally, a guillotine, is a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick end.
thumb|Headline in The Philadelphia Inquirer of 16 November 1919 reporting the first use of cloture by the [[United States Senate]] Cloture (, ), closure or, informally, a guillotine, is a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick end.
The cloture procedure originated in the French National Assembly, from which the name is taken. is French for "the act of terminating something".
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