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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.
South Korean opposition lawmakers started a filibuster on February 23, 2016, to stall the Anti-Terrorism bill, which they claimed would give too much power to the National Intelligence Service and result in invasions of citizens' privacy. The filibuster ended on March 2 with a total of 193 hours, and the passing of the bill. [90]
Late Wednesday night, the Democrats attempted to change the filibuster rule in order to allow the voting rights legislation to The post Filibuster fail: Disappointing but not surprising appeared ...
Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina famously staged one for 24 hours and 18 minutes — still the record — against civil rights legislation in 1957.
During most of that period Senate Democrats earned a larger share of Senate seats than their share of the national House vote. Since filibuster rules were revised in 1975, the Democratic Party earned filibuster-proof supermajorities three times after the 1974, 1976 and 2008 Senate elections. The last time Republicans earned the same was in the ...
Sen. Chris Murphy filibustered for nearly 15 hours into early Thursday. This marathon was put down as the 9th longest since 1900.
In the early 21st century, the threat of a filibuster increased the use of cloture to end debate in the Senate, especially on highly divisive issues, [9] [10] making it rare for the vice president to have the opportunity to cast a decisive vote, as cloture requires a three-fifths majority.
At the time, the state's 39 cities and towns had one senator each. The chamber was split – Republicans controlling 20 seats while 19 were held either by Democrats or independents, who would vote ...