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  2. 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]

  3. 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.

  4. Explainer-How Republicans plan to pass Trump's agenda through ...

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    The U.S. Senate's "filibuster" rule requires 60 votes in the 100-seat chamber to advance most legislation. When President-elect Donald Trump's Republicans take control of the U.S. Congress next ...

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

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    The filibuster is a term used frequently by people in Washington, but few Americans understand it, at least according to recent polling. The procedural tactic has been used by Democrats and ...

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

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    Eliminating the filibuster would make it much easier for Democrats to pass President Joe Biden's biggest policy proposals. With Democrats now holding the Senate majority, talk of eliminating the ...

  7. United States Senate - Wikipedia

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    A filibuster may entail long speeches, dilatory motions, and an extensive series of proposed amendments. The Senate may end a filibuster by invoking cloture. In most cases, cloture requires the support of three-fifths of the Senate; however, if the matter before the Senate involves changing the rules of the body – this includes amending ...

  8. Gang of 14 - Wikipedia

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    The Gang of 14 was a bipartisan group of Senators in the 109th United States Congress who successfully, at the time, negotiated a compromise in the spring of 2005 to avoid the deployment of the so-called "nuclear option" by Senate Republican Majority over an organized use of the filibuster by Senate Democrats.

  9. Will Congress change its rules for abortion protections and ...

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    "The day Republicans vote to nuke the filibuster is the day I walk out the door," said Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., who noted that the party repeatedly resisted Trump's calls to end the filibuster ...