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If McCain holds out for a strong bill, Lott may have no alternative to an old-fashioned filibuster . Supporters of McCain-Feingold will probably need not just 50 votes for victory (with the tie to be broken by Al Gore) but 60 votes to invoke "cloture" and break a filibuster.
In a political sense, closure , now most commonly invoked in its Gallic variant, cloture , refers to the ending of debate in a legislative body and dates back to the late 19 th century.