Stopping a filibuster through the passage of a cloture motion is not as easy or as quick it sounds. First, at least 16 Senators must get together to present the cloture motion for consideration. Then, the Senate typically does not vote on cloture motions until the second day of the session after the motion was made.
By Sierra Marquina. Bill Clinton assumed his potential role as first gentleman â as many in the Twittersphere noted â during his Democratic National Convention speech on Tuesday, July 26. The former president recalled proposing to wife and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton three times before she said yes.
Bill Clinton born. On this day in 1946, William Jefferson Blythe III is born in Hope, Arkansas. His father died in a car accident before he was born, and young Bill later took the last name of his stepfather, Roger Clinton. In 1992, Bill Clinton would be elected as the 42nd president of the United States.