http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2009/04/28/q-amp-a-6-specter-and-efca.aspx&quot;Kristin&quot; asks via email: Does the AS switch impact the EFCA at all? Decoding this query, I take it to be about the likelihood of passage for the Employee Free Choice Act (pro-labor &quot;card-check&quot; legislation), now that Senator ArlenenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20917.1142)http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2009/04/28/q-amp-a-6-specter-and-efca.aspx#313599Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:34:50 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:313599Forrest<p>If Specter does not vote for the Employee Free Choice Act he will be challenged, and beaten, in next year's Pennsylvania Democratic primary; and the election won't be close.</p> <img src="http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=313599" width="1" height="1">http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2009/04/28/q-amp-a-6-specter-and-efca.aspx#312050Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:17:14 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:312050twb<p>You're right that cloture and closure are etymologically identical (Latin clausura).</p> <img src="http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=312050" width="1" height="1">