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  2. Filibuster in the United States Senate - Wikipedia

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    A filibuster is a tactic used in the United States Senate to delay or block a vote on a measure by preventing debate on it from ending. [1]: 2 The Senate's rules place few restrictions on debate; in general, if no other senator is speaking, a senator who seeks recognition is entitled to speak for as long as they wish.

  3. Filibuster - Wikipedia

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    The term "filibuster" ultimately derives from the Dutch vrijbuiter ("freebooter", a pillaging and plundering adventurer), but the precise history of the word's borrowing into English is obscure. [2] The Oxford English Dictionary finds its only known use in early modern English in a 1587 book describing "flibutors" who robbed supply convoys. [2]

  4. What is a filibuster and how does it work? - AOL

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    Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina famously staged one for 24 hours and 18 minutes — still the record — against civil rights legislation in 1957.

  5. Explaining The Filibuster And Why The Senate Might ... - AOL

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    With Democrats now holding the Senate majority, talk of eliminating the filibuster has ramped up. "A filibuster is really extended debate, extended amending activity, whatever it takes to block ...

  6. 2005 debate on nuclear option (United States Senate)

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    This (is a) relentless abuse of a time-honored Senate tradition … Once a rarely used tactic reserved for issues on which Senators held passionate convictions, the filibuster has become the tool of the sore loser, dooming any measure that cannot command the 60 required votes." [1] There was no attempt to rewrite Senate rules for cloture at ...

  7. Nuclear option - Wikipedia

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    The Hill reported that Democrats would "likely" use the nuclear option in January 2013 to effect filibuster reform, [23] but the two parties managed to negotiate two packages of amendments to Senate rules concerning filibusters that were agreed to on January 24, 2013, [24] thus avoiding the need for the nuclear option.

  8. The Senate Filibuster and Why It Could Be Eliminated - AOL

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    With Democrats now holding the Senate majority, talk of eliminating the filibuster has ramped up. "A filibuster is really extended debate, extended amending activity, whatever it takes to block ...

  9. Laken Riley Act overcomes filibuster in Senate as Dems give ...

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    The Laken Riley Act defeated the legislative filibuster during a procedural vote on Thursday, amassing more than 60 votes to advance it to a final vote. The measure sailed past the filibuster by a ...