LIZ SHELD’S MORNING BRIEF: Cloture Has Been Filed and Much, Much More. “The FBI has sent their report on Kavanaugh to the White House and Mitch McConnell has filed for cloture on Kavanaugh’s nomination. Cloture is a vote to end procedural debate and move to take a vote on the actual Kavanaugh nomination. Say what you will about Mitch McConnell, I know I sure have, this man DOES NOT mess around on judicial nominations. He doesn’t”