Harry Reid: “If cloture is invoked, you can bring up a nongermane amendment, but if anyone raises a point of order that your…”

“If cloture is invoked, you can bring up a nongermane amendment, but if anyone raises a point of order that your amendment is not germane, that amendment falls automatically. There is no such supermajority motion available like there is under the Budget Act. The amendment fails without a vote--fails or falls without a vote, however you want to term it. The only way you can get a vote is if you choose to appeal the Chair's ruling that your amendment is not germane. If you are successful, you will set a precedent that will permanently throw out the germaneness rule under cloture, and such an appeal of the Chair's ruling is a majority vote, not a supermajority vote.”