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.
Clinton is married to Hillary Clinton, who served as United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, who was a Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, and who is the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 2016.