Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
filibuster , 3.
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- noun A person who
filibusters
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes
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Examples
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He came on to be confrontative and was a demeaning filibusterer, and clearly unstatesmanlike.
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He says he's reached across the aisle, while Buck wants to be a filibusterer.
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2010
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Right now it only takes one member of the minority to be present to filibusterer a bill.
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He says he's reached across the aisle, while Buck wants to be a filibusterer.
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2010
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He says he's reached across the aisle, while Buck wants to be a filibusterer.
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2010
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He says he's reached across the aisle, while Buck wants to be a filibusterer.
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2010
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The genius of the 40 affirmative votes is that if a group of 40 Senators wants to filibusterer, the majority party can repeatedly call for a motion to end debate basically every 15 minutes.
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He says he's reached across the aisle, while Buck wants to be a filibusterer.
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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He says he's reached across the aisle, while Buck wants to be a filibusterer.
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The past few days have given us Jim Bunning's Scrooge-like turn demonstrating that he was a better Phillie than filibusterer; Sarah Palin's absurd claim -- on The Tonight Show!
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