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.
Born: August 19, 1946. Hope, Arkansas. American president and governor. Bill Clinton won the 1992 Democratic presidential nomination and defeated George Bush to become the forty-second president of the United States. He was elected to a second term in 1996. As a former president, Clinton continues to work for a variety of issues that became important to him during his political career.