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- noun Plural form of
filibuster . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
filibuster .
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Examples
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Crunchy Frog: More offensive than filibusters is the ability of a single Senator to put holds on nominations.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Goodwin Liu’s Incomplete Questionnaire 2010
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More offensive than filibusters is the ability of a single Senator to put holds on nominations.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Goodwin Liu’s Incomplete Questionnaire 2010
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Republicans under Bush actually got a bunch of Democrats to vote for those cuts most times; and many of the rest of the Democrats would have refused to sustain filibusters to block Republican tax cuts under Bush.
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The origin seems to be that a person who filibusters is plundering the time and focus of a deliberative body, like a legislature.
Think Progress » White House Signals That It Will Fight Back Against GOP Abuse Of Filibuster 2010
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Brown promised throughout his campaign that he will be the "41st vote" against healthcare, which means that Senate Republicans can now sustain filibusters against any and all attempts to achieve final passage of a House-Senate compromise version.
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Back in the Dark Ages, the R Senators threatened to use the ‘Atomic option’ or something like that to prevent filibusters from the Ds. I think they threatened to change the rules.
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Back in the Dark Ages, the R Senators threatened to use the ‘Atomic option’ or something like that to prevent filibusters from the Ds. I think they threatened to change the rules.
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Back in the Dark Ages, the R Senators threatened to use the ‘Atomic option’ or something like that to prevent filibusters from the Ds. I think they threatened to change the rules.
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The avoidance of “real” filibusters is a bipartisan problem.
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Four filibusters from the party of hell no! •The Climate Change Bill — While the Republican leadership claimed they were objecting to limiting the debate, their claim is dubious since they supposedly wanted the bill to be debated for weeks, knowing that the Democratic leadership needed floor time for other business as well.
McConnell signals end to GOP filibuster of Wall Street reform bill 2010
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